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Heterochromatin epimutations impose mitochondrial dysfunction to confer antifungal resistance.
The EMBO journal - 1 Jan 2026
Fellas Andreas, Pidoux Alison L, Tong Pin, Hewes Harriet H, Wallace Emma C, Allshire Robin C
Abstract excerpt
Antifungal resistance in pathogenic fungi endanger global health and food supply. Wild-type fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, can gain resistance to insults including caffeine and antifungal compounds through reversible epimutations. Resistant epimutants exhibit ectopic histone-H3K9 methylation-dependent heterochromatin islands, repressing underlying genes. Two genes whose heterochromatin island-induced...
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