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The impact of genome defense on mobile elements in Microbotryum.
Genetica - 1 Mar 2010
Johnson Louise J, Giraud Tatiana, Anderson Ryan, Hood Michael E
Abstract excerpt
Repeat induced point mutation (RIP), a mechanism causing hypermutation of repetitive DNA sequences in fungi, has been described as a 'genome defense' which functions to inactivate mobile elements and inhibit their deleterious effects on genome stability. Here we address the interactions between RIP and transposable elements in the Microbotryum violaceum species complex. Ten strains of M. violaceum, most of which...
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