abstract：:Approximately, 1% of the genes in eukaryotic genomes encode for helicases, which make the number of helicases expressed in the cell considerably high. Helicases are motor proteins that participate in many central aspects of the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, and based on their helicase motif conservation, they are...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Sabouri N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium virguliforme is a soil-borne pathogenic fungus that causes sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybean. Its pathogenicity is believed to require the activity of cell-wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs). The sucrose non-fermenting protein kinase 1 gene (SNF1) is a key component of the glucose de-repression pathway in ye...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Islam KT,Bond JP,Fakhoury AM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoreceptor-based signaling is a major bacterial signal transduction mechanism. Escherichia coli, the traditional model, has five chemoreceptors. Recent genome analyses have shown that many bacteria have a much higher number of chemoreceptors. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is an alternative model that has 27 chemorecept...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： López-Farfán D,Reyes-Darias JA,Krell T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodosporidium toruloides DMKU3-TK16 (TK16), a basidiomycetous yeast isolated in Thailand, can produce a large amount of oil corresponding to approximately 70 % of its dry cell weight. However, lack of a sufficient and efficient transformation method makes further genetic manipulation of this organism difficult. We he...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Tsai YY,Ohashi T,Kanazawa T,Polburee P,Misaki R,Limtong S,Fujiyama K

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation by natural selection might improve the fitness of an organism and its probability to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions. Decoding the genetic basis of adaptive evolution is one of the great challenges to deal with. To this purpose, Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been largely investigated because ...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Tosato V,Sims J,West N,Colombin M,Bruschi CV

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupancy of nucleosomes governs access to the eukaryotic genomes and results from a combination of biophysical features and the effect of ATP-dependent remodelling complexes. Most promoter regions show a conserved pattern characterized by a nucleosome-depleted region (NDR) flanked by nucleosomal arrays. The conse...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Yague-Sanz C,Vázquez E,Sánchez M,Antequera F,Hermand D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ziziphus jujuba is an important woody plant with high economic and medicinal value. Here, we analyzed and characterized the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Z. jujuba, the first member of the Rhamnaceae family for which the chloroplast genome sequence has been reported. We also built a web browser for navigating th...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Ma Q,Li S,Bi C,Hao Z,Sun C,Ye N

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination/deubiquitination pathways are now recognized as key components of gene regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotes. The major transcriptional repressor for carbon catabolite repression in Aspergillus nidulans is CreA, and mutational analysis led to the suggestion that a regulatory ubiquitination/deubiquitinatio...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Alam MA,Kamlangdee N,Kelly JM

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination repairs discontinuities in DNA including single-strand gaps (SSGs) and double-strand breaks (DSBs). This commentary describes how the RecBCD and RecF pathways might be exchangeable for the repair of their respective DSB and SSG canonical substrates. In particular, I will discuss how the RecBCD...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Pagès V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, mutation studies have grown in popularity due to the affordability and accessibility of whole genome sequencing. As the number of species in which spontaneous mutation has been directly estimated approaches 20 across two domains of life, questions arise over the repeatability of results in such e...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Behringer MG,Hall DW

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress granules (SGs) are evolutionarily conserved ribonucleoprotein (RNP) structures that form in response to a variety of environmental and cellular cues. The presence of these RNP granules has been linked to a number of human diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Nostramo R,Herman PK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the first identification of bacteria as a causative agent of disease, researchers have been developing methods and techniques to understand their pathogenic processes. For decades, this work has been limited to looking at a small number of genetically manipulatable isolates in in vitro assays or animal models of ...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Laabei M,Massey R

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome is responsible for protein synthesis and is able to monitor the sequence and structure of the nascent peptide. Such ability plays an important role in determining overall gene expression profile of the bacteria through ribosome stalling and rescuing. In this review, we briefly summarize our current understand...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Jin Y,Jin S,Wu W

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic phosphate is an essential nutrient because it is required for the biosynthesis of nucleotides, phospholipids and metabolites in energy metabolism. During phosphate starvation, phosphatases play a major role in phosphate acquisition by hydrolyzing phosphorylated macromolecules. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, PH...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Yadav KK,Singh N,Rajasekharan R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrotransposons are activated as organisms age, based on work from several model systems. Since these mobile DNA elements can promote genome instability, this has raised the possibility that they can contribute to loss of cellular function with age. Many questions remain to be addressed about the relationship between...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Maxwell PH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequence of the Morus mongolica chloroplast (cp) genome was reported and characterized in this study. The cp genome is a circular molecule of 158,459 bp containing a pair of 25,678 bp IR regions, separated by small and large single-copy regions of 19,736 and 87,363 bp, respectively. The number ...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Kong W,Yang J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH) is an abundantly produced low-molecular-weight (LMW) thiol in many organisms. However, a number of Gram-positive bacteria do not produce GSH, but instead produce bacillithiol (BSH) as one of the major LMW thiols. Similar to GSH, studies have found that BSH has various roles in the cell, including pro...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Rosario-Cruz Z,Boyd JM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most eukaryotes require molecular oxygen for growth. In general, oxygen is the terminal electron acceptor of the respiratory chain and represents an important substrate for the biosynthesis of cellular compounds. However, in their natural environment, such as soil, and also during the infection, filamentous fungi are ...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Hillmann F,Shekhova E,Kniemeyer O

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cheese-making filamentous fungi lack suitable molecular tools to improve their biotechnology potential. Penicillium roqueforti, a species of high industrial importance, would benefit from functional data yielded by molecular genetic approaches. This work provides the first example of gene replacement by homologou...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Goarin A,Silar P,Malagnac F

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biological systems, reactive oxygen species (ROS) represent 'double edged swords': as signaling molecules they are essential for proper development, as reactive agents they cause molecular damage and adverse effects like degeneration and aging. A well-coordinated control of ROS is therefore of key importance. Super...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Grimm C,Böhl L,Osiewacz HD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the organization of the mating type locus of Stagonosporopsis tanaceti and Stagonosporopsis chrysanthemi, and its potential role in the epidemiology of ray blight of pyrethrum and chrysanthemum, respectively, the mating type (MAT) locus of these species was cloned and characterized using PCR-based techni...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Chilvers MI,Jones S,Meleca J,Peever TL,Pethybridge SJ,Hay FS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasmic virus-like element pWR1A from Debaryomyces robertsiae encodes a toxin (DrT) with similarities to the Pichia acaciae killer toxin PaT, which acts by importing a toxin subunit (PaOrf2) with tRNA anticodon nuclease activity into target cells. As for PaT, loss of the tRNA methyltransferase Trm9 or overexpr...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Klassen R,Kast A,Wünsche G,Paluszynski JP,Wemhoff S,Meinhardt F

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence heterogeneity of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was investigated for Rhizoctonia cerealis isolates from the anastomosis group AG-DI. Although sequence variability of the ITS has been reported in a few multinucleate R. solani isolates, it has very rarely been reported in binucleate ...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Li W,Sun H,Deng Y,Zhang A,Chen H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like other microorganisms, free-living Candida albicans is mainly present in a three-dimensional multicellular structure, which is called a biofilm, rather than in a planktonic form. Candida albicans biofilms can be isolated from both abiotic and biotic surfaces at various locations within the host. As the number of a...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Mathé L,Van Dijck P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial (mt) genome of the sea anemone Metridium senile contains genes for only two transfer RNAs (tRNAs), tRNAf-Met and tRNATrp. Experiments were conducted to seek evidence for the occurrence of functional tRNAs corresponding to these genes and for the participation of nuclear DNA-encoded tRNAs in mt-protei...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Beagley CT,Wolstenholme DR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial genomes are one of the most information-rich markers in phylogenetics. The relationships within superorder Dictyoptera have been debated in the literature. However, the closely related termites (Isoptera) are retained as unranked taxon within the order Blattaria (cockroaches). In this work, we sequen...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Xiao B,Chen AH,Zhang YY,Jiang GF,Hu CC,Zhu CD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently discovered the novel non-chromosomal determinant in Saccharomyces cerevisiae [NSI(+)] (nonsense suppression inducer), which causes omnipotent nonsense suppression in strains where the Sup35 N-terminal domain is deleted. [NSI(+)] possesses yeast prion features and does not correspond to previously identifie...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Nizhnikov AA,Magomedova ZM,Rubel AA,Kondrashkina AM,Inge-Vechtomov SG,Galkin AP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zearalenone (ZEA) is a secondary metabolite produced by various Fusarium species and causes estrogenic disorders in humans and animals. Recent studies have identified the ZEA biosynthesis gene cluster in F. graminearum, but other genes such as transporters responsible for ZEA export have not been identified in the clu...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Lee S,Son H,Lee J,Lee YR,Lee YW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylum Euglenozoa comprises three groups of eukaryotic microbes (kinetoplastids, diplonemids, and euglenids), the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of which exhibit radically different modes of organization and expression. Gene fragmentation is a striking feature of both euglenid and diplonemid mtDNAs. To rationalize the eme...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Flegontov P,Gray MW,Burger G,Lukeš J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer protein 4 (KP4) is a well studied viral toxin secreted by the maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis that kills sensitive Ustilago strains as well as inhibits Fusarium and plant root growth by inhibiting calcium uptake. Numerous small, cysteine-rich proteins have been shown to play a critical role in fungal-plant-ba...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Brown DW

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular proteins of filamentous fungi are important for biomedical and biotechnological applications. Aspergillus terreus not only comprises an important class of organisms that have significant commercial relevance to the biotechnology industry, but also is an emerging fungal pathogen. However, no information i...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Han MJ,Kim NJ,Lee SY,Chang HN

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylcholines (PCs) are a class of major cell membrane phospholipids that participate in many physiological processes. Three genes, choA, choB and choC, have been proposed to function in the endogenous biosynthesis of PC in Aspergillus nidulans. In this study, we characterize the choC gene encoding a putative h...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Tao L,Gao N,Chen S,Yu JH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similarity searches with Didymium iridis mitochondrial genomic DNA identified six possible ribosomal protein-coding regions, however, each region contained stop codons that would need to be removed by RNA editing to produce functional transcripts. RT-PCR was used to amplify these regions from total RNA for cloning and...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Hendrickson PG,Silliker ME

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of all living organisms contain complex signal transduction networks to ensure that a wide range of physiological properties are properly adapted to the environmental conditions. The fundamental concepts and individual building blocks of these signalling networks are generally well-conserved from yeast to man; y...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Smets B,Ghillebert R,De Snijder P,Binda M,Swinnen E,De Virgilio C,Winderickx J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous/invasive growth pathway is activated by nutrient limitation in the haploid form of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whereas exposure to mating-pheromone causes cells to differentiate into gametes. Although these two pathways respond to very different stimuli and generate very different responses, th...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Draper E,Dubrovskyi O,Bar EE,Stone DE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Coleophoma empetri F-11899 produces an echinocandin-like compound FR901379, the original source for micafungin which is prescribed to treat deep-seated mycoses. Despite its industrial importance, no genetic information on C. empetri F-11899 is currently available. To characterize FR901379 biosyn...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Yamada M,Yawata K,Orino Y,Ueda S,Isogai Y,Taguchi G,Shimosaka M,Hashimoto S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is widely used as an insect biocontrol agent. The M. anisopliae conidium plays an important role in pathogenesis and disease transmission. The aim of this study was to identify genes whose expression is up-regulated during conidiogenous cell development. This is a po...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Peng G,Xie L,Hu J,Xia Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During evolution, most of the bacterial genes from the ancestral endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacteria at the origin of mitochondria have been either lost or transferred to the nuclear genome. A crucial evolutionary step was the establishment of macromolecule import systems to allow the come back of proteins and RNAs int...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Duchêne AM,Pujol C,Maréchal-Drouard L

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fungi, vegetative incompatibility is a conspecific non-self recognition mechanism that restricts formation of viable heterokaryons when incompatible alleles of specific het loci interact. In Podospora anserina, three non-allelic incompatibility systems have been genetically defined involving interactions between he...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Chevanne D,Bastiaans E,Debets A,Saupe SJ,Clavé C,Paoletti M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloning and characterization of the Thcut1 gene, which encodes a cutinase protein of the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma harzianum T34, is reported. Cutinases, which are secreted enzymes that hydrolyse cutin, belong to a class of serine esterases able to hydrolyze fatty acid esters and emulsified triglycerides. The ...

journal_title：Current genetics

authors： Rubio MB,Cardoza RE,Hermosa R,Gutiérrez S,Monte E

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00