Primary structure of the histone 2B gene in the white root rot fungus, Rosellinia necatrix
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Targeted in Situ Mutagenesis of Histone Genes in Budding Yeast
Published on: January 26, 2017
Tadanori Aimi1, Hiroyuki Taguchi, Tsutomu Morinaga
1Department of Bioresource Development, Hiroshima Prefectural University, Nanatsuka-cho 562, Shobara-shi, Hiroshima 727-0023, Japan.
Abstract:
The nucleotide sequence of the histone 2B (H2B) gene in the white root rot fungus, Rosellinia necatrix, was determined. The gene has two introns in the coding region at positions conserved in the Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans H2B genes, but the third intron present in the H2B gene from N. crassa and A. nidulans is absent in the R. necatrix H2B gene. The amino acid sequence of the coding region of the R. necatrix gene resembled that of N. crassa and A. nidulans. Therefore, the third intron in the H2B gene of N. crassa and A. nidulans may have been inserted into the present position after species diversification.
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