Journal
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 345-348Publisher
JAPANESE SOC PLANT CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.24.345
Keywords
5-azacytidine; Foxy; Fusarium oxysporum; retrotransposon; transposition
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It is well known that DNA methylation is involved in the control of transposable elements in eukaryotic cells. Recent studies indicate that demethylation of DNA in a mutant of Chlamydomonas and Arabidopsis causes transcriptional activation and mobilization of transposons. In this report, transposition of a retrotransposon was investigated in the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum treated with 5-azacytidine (5azaC), a reagent that causes reduction in the DNA methylation level. The results showed elevated transposition frequency in 5azaC-treated isolates when they were incubated for a long time. However, increase of retrotransposon transcripts was not observed, suggesting that the retrotransposon was mobilized by a mechanism other than its transcriptional activation.
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