Accidental amplification and inactivation of a methyltransferase gene eliminates cytosine methylation in Mycosphaerella graminicola

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Dhillon, Braham ^a,b   Cavaletto, Jessica R ^a   Wood, Karl V ^a   Goodwin, Stephen B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FUNGAL DNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; METHYLATION; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT INDUCED POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNTENY; TELOMERE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, FUNGAL; POINT MUTATION; RETROELEMENTS; SYNTENY; TELOMERE; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ASCOMYCOTA; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78751657937     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.117408     Document Type: Article

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