Recurrent acquisition of cytosine methyltransferases into eukaryotic retrotransposons

Recurrent acquisition of cytosine methyltransferases into eukaryotic retrotransposons

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...

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Main Authors: Alex de Mendoza, Amandine Bonnet, Dulce B. Vargas-Landin, Nanjing Ji, Hongfei Li, Feng Yang, Ling Li, Koichi Hori, Jahnvi Pflueger, Sam Buckberry, Hiroyuki Ohta, Nedeljka Rosic, Pascale Lesage, Senjie Lin, Ryan Lister
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3297be576e064a6fa4a2ceb931910d37
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Summary: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.

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