2013
Global Gene Expression and Focused Knockout Analysis Reveals Genes Associated with Fungal Fruiting Body Development in Neurospora crassa
Wang Z, Lopez-Giraldez F, Lehr N, Farré M, Common R, Trail F, Townsend JP. Global Gene Expression and Focused Knockout Analysis Reveals Genes Associated with Fungal Fruiting Body Development in Neurospora crassa. MSphere 2013, 13: 154-169. PMID: 24243796, PMCID: PMC3910948, DOI: 10.1128/ec.00248-13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerithecial developmentNeurospora crassaGene expressionSexual developmentBody developmentFruiting-body developmentMost upregulated genesReverse genetics approachGlobal gene expressionSimilar expression patternsSame developmental stageMulticellular organismsSexual crossingMat AUnclassified proteinsDevelopmental traitsN. crassaKnockout analysisTranscriptomic landscapeType genesUpregulated genesGenetic basisDiverse functionsExpression patternsStage specificity
2012
Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi
Nygren K, Wallberg A, Samils N, Stajich JE, Townsend JP, Karlsson M, Johannesson H. Analyses of expressed sequence tags in Neurosporareveal rapid evolution of genes associated with the early stages of sexual reproduction in fungi. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2012, 12: 229. PMID: 23186325, PMCID: PMC3571971, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-associated genesVegetative tissuesSequence tagsRapid evolutionCandidate genesGenome-wide patternsFruiting-body developmentMolecular evolutionary analysisHigher relative expressionFungal kingdomReproductive isolationSexual reproductionGenome scaleReproductive genesEvolutionary analysisN. discretaMate recognitionN. crassaN. tetraspermaPositive selectionAdditional taxaMicroarray hybridizationAdditional speciesN. intermediaVegetative growth