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The Tolypocladium inflatum CPA element encodes a RecQ helicase-like gene
1Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany. fkempken@bot.uni-kiel.de
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.
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