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Distinct evolutionary trajectories following loss of RNA interference in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Nov 2024
Huang Jun, Larmore Connor J, Priest Shelby J, Xu Ziyan, Dietrich Fred S, Yadav Vikas, Magwene Paul M, Sun Sheng, Heitman Joseph
Abstract excerpt
While increased mutation rates typically have negative consequences in multicellular organisms, hypermutation can be advantageous for microbes adapting to the environment. Previously, we identified two hypermutator Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates that rapidly develop drug resistance due to transposition of a retrotransposon, Cnl1. Cnl1-mediated hypermutation is caused by a nonsense mutation in a gene...
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