The Neurospora Compendium
Perkins, David D. (Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.) / Radford, Alan (School of Biology, Leeds University, Leeds, U.K.) / Sachs, Matthew S. (Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, Beaverton, U.S.A.)
The fungi have been major players in the molecular revolution that has transformed biology. Because they can be manipulated as microorganisms, yeast and Neurospora provide information that is difficult to acquire with plants and animals, and experimental findings with fungi often throw light on corresponding processes in plants and animals. The filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa has become a valuable model organism because of its favorable f...