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Recurrent acquisition of cytosine methyltransferases into eukaryotic retrotransposons
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2018.
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Abstract
- Cytosine methyltransferases (DNMTs) often silence transposons in eukaryotic genomes. Here the authors describe the recurrent acquisition of DNMTs by transposons from two distantly-related eukaryotes and suggest that methylation of CG dinucleotides by transposon DNMTs could modify the host epigenome in dinoflagellates.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3297be576e064a6fa4a2ceb931910d37
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03724-9