A tale of genome compartmentalization: The evolution of virulence clusters in smut fungi

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 681-704

  Dutheil, Julien Y ^a,c   Mannhaupt, Gertrud ^a,b   Schweizer, Gabriel ^a   Sieber, Christian M K ^b,d   Münsterkötter, Martin ^b   Güldener, Ulrich ^b   Schirawski, Jan ^a,e   Kahmann, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effector proteins; Gene cluster.; Gene duplication; Genome architecture; Repeat sequences; Selection interference

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON;

FUNGAL GENOME; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; SUGARCANE; TRANSPOSON; USTILAGO;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SACCHARUM; USTILAGO;

EID: 85014820526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw026     Document Type: Article

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