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ArticleGenome biology2008

The genome sequence of the model ascomycete fungus Podospora anserina.

Eric Espagne, Olivier Lespinet, Fabienne Malagnac, Corinne Da Silva, Olivier Jaillon, Betina M Porcel, Arnaud Couloux, Jean-Marc Aury, Béatrice Ségurens, Julie Poulain and 25 more

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Article in Genome biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

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35 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric EspagneUniv Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR8621, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.
Olivier Lespinet
Fabienne Malagnac
Corinne Da Silva
Olivier Jaillon
Betina M Porcel
Arnaud Couloux
Jean-Marc Aury
Béatrice Ségurens
Julie Poulain
Véronique Anthouard
Sandrine Grossetete
Hamid Khalili
Evelyne Coppin
Michelle Déquard-Chablat
Marguerite Picard
Véronique Contamine
Sylvie Arnaise
Anne Bourdais
Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier
Daniel Gautheret
Ronald P de Vries
Evy Battaglia
Pedro M Coutinho
Etienne Gj Danchin
Bernard Henrissat
Riyad El Khoury
Annie Sainsard-Chanet
Antoine Boivin
Bérangère Pinan-Lucarré
Carole H Sellem
Robert Debuchy
Patrick Wincker
Jean Weissenbach
Philippe Silar
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRGenoscope · FRUniversité Paris-Sud · FRExpression Génétique Microbienne · FRArchitecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FRUtrecht University · NLCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives · FRUniversité de Bordeaux · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe dung-inhabiting ascomycete fungus Podospora anserina is a model used to study various aspects of eukaryotic and fungal biology, such as ageing, prions and sexual development.

resultsWe present a 10X draft sequence of P. anserina genome, linked to the sequences of a large expressed sequence tag collection. Similar to higher eukaryotes, the P. anserina transcription/splicing machinery generates numerous non-conventional transcripts. Comparison of the P. anserina genome and orthologous gene set with the one of its close relatives, Neurospora crassa, shows that synteny is poorly conserved, the main result of evolution being gene shuffling in the same chromosome. The P. anserina genome contains fewer repeated sequences and has evolved new genes by duplication since its separation from N. crassa, despite the presence of the repeat induced point mutation mechanism that mutates duplicated sequences. We also provide evidence that frequent gene loss took place in the lineages leading to P. anserina and N. crassa. P. anserina contains a large and highly specialized set of genes involved in utilization of natural carbon sources commonly found in its natural biotope. It includes genes potentially involved in lignin degradation and efficient cellulose breakdown.

conclusionThe features of the P. anserina genome indicate a highly dynamic evolution since the divergence of P. anserina and N. crassa, leading to the ability of the former to use specific complex carbon sources that match its needs in its natural biotope.

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Evolution, MolecularGenome, FungalBase SequenceCarbonExpressed Sequence TagsGene DuplicationMolecular Sequence DataNeurospora crassaPodosporaCarbon

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