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Epigenetic control of a transposon-inactivated gene in Neurospora is dependent on DNA methylation.
Genetics - 1 May 1996
Cambareri E B, Foss H M, Rountree M R, Selker E U, Kinsey J A
Abstract excerpt
An unstable allele of the Neurospora am (GDH) gene resulting from integration of the retrotransposon Tad3-2 into 5' noncoding sequences was found in previous work. We report that reversion to Am+ depends on DNA methylation within and upstream of Tad. Levels of methylation were correlated with the proportion of Am+ conidia, whether the cultures were derived from Am- or Am+ isolates. Reversion to Am+ did not occur...
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