title: Repeat-induced G-C to A-T mutations in Neurospora.
abstract: In the Neurospora genome duplicate sequences are detected and altered in the sexual phase. Both copies of duplicate genes are inactivated at high frequency, whether or not they are linked. Restriction sites change, and affected sequences typically become heavily methylated. To characterize the alterations of the DNA, duplicated sequences were isolated before and after one or more sexual cycles. DNA sequencing and heteroduplex analyses demonstrated that the process (termed RIP) produces exclusively G-C to A-T mutations. Changes occur principally at sites where adenine is 3' of the changed cytosine. A sequence duplicated at a distant site in the genome lost approximately 10 percent of its G-C pairs in one passage through a cross. A closely linked duplication of the same sequence that was passed twice through a cross lost about half of its G-C pairs. The results suggest a mechanism for the RIP process.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Cambareri
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schabtach
authors.forename: E U
authors.initials: EU
authors.lastname: Selker
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003596:Cytosine / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D008540:Meiosis; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009491:Neurospora / Q000235:genetics*; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000235:genetics*; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D003596:Cytosine; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes