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Transposable elements belonging to the Tc1-Mariner superfamily are heavily mutated in Colletotrichum graminicola.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Braga Raíssa Mesquita, Santana Mateus Ferreira, Veras da Costa Rodrigo, Brommonschenkel Sergio Herminio, de Araújo Elza Fernandes, de Queiroz Marisa Vieira
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Transposable elements are ubiquitous and constitute an important source of genetic variation in addition to generating deleterious mutations. Several filamentous fungi are able to defend against transposable elements using RIP(repeat-induced point mutation)-like mechanisms, which induce mutations in duplicated sequences. The sequenced Colletotrichum graminicola genome and the availability of transposable element...
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