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Repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) in Magnaporthe grisea: implications for its sexual cycle in the natural field context.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Ikeda Ken-ichi, Nakayashiki Hitoshi, Kataoka Tomomori, Tamba Hiroki, Hashimoto Yoko, Tosa Yukio, Mayama Shigeyuki
Abstract excerpt
Repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) is a process that detects DNA duplications and peppers their sequences with C:G to T:A transitions in the sexual phase of the life cycle. So far, this unique mechanism has been identified as a currently active process in only two fungal species, Neurospora crassa and Podospora anserina. To determine whether a RIP-like process operates in the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe...
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