The Tolypocladium inflatum CPA element encodes a RecQ helicase-like gene
✍ Scribed by Frank Kempken
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 361 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0233-111X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Previously, a repetitive CPA element was discovered in the genome of the filamentous fungus Tolypocladium inflatum; however, no further characterization was technically possible at that time. In this study, PCR amplification was used to detect a 4 kb conserved portion of the CPA element that appeared to be present in most, if not all, genomic CPA elements. The amplicons included a large open reading frame that was most similar to a RecQ helicase‐like gene from Metarhizium anisopliae. The repetitive nature of the CPA element suggests that it is related to the eukaryotic Helitron class of transposable elements. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)