Enabling a community to dissect an organism: overview of the Neurospora functional genomics project

JC Dunlap, KA Borkovich, MR Henn, GE Turner… - Advances in …, 2007 - Elsevier
A consortium of investigators is engaged in a functional genomics project centered on the
filamentous fungus Neurospora, with an eye to opening up the functional genomic analysis …

Ecological and evolutionary genomics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

CR Landry, JP Townsend, DL Hartl… - Molecular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the budding yeast, is the most thoroughly studied eukaryote at
the cellular, molecular, and genetic levels. Yet, until recently, we knew very little about its …

Passage through the mammalian gut triggers a phenotypic switch that promotes Candida albicans commensalism

K Pande, C Chen, SM Noble - Nature genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Among∼ 5,000,000 fungal species, C. albicans is exceptional in its lifelong
association with humans, either within the gastrointestinal microbiome or as an invasive …

Systems analysis of plant cell wall degradation by the model filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

C Tian, WT Beeson, AT Iavarone, J Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - pnas.org
The filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa is a model laboratory organism, but in nature is
commonly found growing on dead plant material, particularly grasses. Using functional …

CSP and Takeout Genes Modulate the Switch between Attraction and Repulsion during Behavioral Phase Change in the Migratory Locust

W Guo, X Wang, Z Ma, L Xue, J Han, D Yu… - PLoS genetics, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Behavioral plasticity is the most striking trait in locust phase transition. However, the genetic
basis for behavioral plasticity in locusts is largely unknown. To unravel the molecular …

DNA methylation is widespread and associated with differential gene expression in castes of the honeybee, Apis mellifera

N Elango, BG Hunt, MAD Goodisman, SV Yi - Proceedings of the National …, 2009 - pnas.org
The recent, unexpected discovery of a functional DNA methylation system in the genome of
the social bee Apis mellifera underscores the potential importance of DNA methylation in …

Pheromone-mediated gene expression in the honey bee brain

CM Grozinger, NM Sharabash, CW Whitfield… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - pnas.org
We tested the hypothesis that queen mandibular pheromone (QMP) causes changes in
gene expression in the brain of the adult worker honey bee, and that these changes can be …

Transcriptomic responses to heat stress and bleaching in the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata

MK DeSalvo, S Sunagawa, CR Voolstra… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2010 - int-res.com
The emergence of genomic tools for reef-building corals and symbiotic anemones comes at
a time when alarming losses in coral cover are being observed worldwide. These tools hold …

Rapid evolution of male-biased gene expression in Drosophila

CD Meiklejohn, J Parsch, JM Ranz, DL Hartl - Proceedings of the National …, 2003 - pnas.org
A number of genes associated with sexual traits and reproduction evolve at the sequence
level faster than the majority of genes coding for non-sex-related traits. Whole genome …

Deciphering transcriptional regulatory mechanisms associated with hemicellulose degradation in Neurospora crassa

J Sun, C Tian, S Diamond, NL Glass - Eukaryotic cell, 2012 - journals.asm.org
Hemicellulose, the second most abundant plant biomass fraction after cellulose, is widely
viewed as a potential substrate for the production of liquid fuels and other value-added …