Stress-driven transposable element de-repression dynamics and virulence evolution in a fungal pathogen

S Fouché, T Badet, U Oggenfuss… - … and evolution, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… To dissect TE de-repression dynamics and contributions to virulence, we analyzed the TE
… inverted-repeat transposable element and long terminal repeat-Gypsy element, show highly …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid sequence evolution driven by transposable elements at a virulence locus in a fungal wheat pathogen

NK Singh, T Badet, L Abraham, D Croll - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
… Based on a large global collection of assembled genomes, we show that the virulence locus
has undergone substantial recent sequence evolution. Large insertion and deletion events …

[HTML][HTML] Transposable elements adaptive role in genome plasticity, pathogenicity and evolution in fungal phytopathogens

N Mat Razali, BH Cheah, K Nadarajah - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are agents of genetic variability in phytopathogens as they are
a source of adaptive evolution through genome diversification. Although many studies have …

A devil's bargain with transposable elements in plant pathogens

S Fouché, U Oggenfuss, E Chanclud, D Croll - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
… Plant pathogens have finely tuned the expression of virulence factors to rely on epigenetic
… of virulence factors. We argue that the derepression of TEs elements causes an evolutionary

Evolution of hypervirulence by a MRSA clone through acquisition of a transposable element

MA Benson, EA Ohneck, C Ryan… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… an evolutionary event in which transposition of an IS element has a direct impact on virulence
… aureus (MRSA) strain USA500 revealed acquisition of a transposable element (IS256) that …

[HTML][HTML] PacBio sequencing reveals transposable elements as a key contributor to genomic plasticity and virulence variation in Magnaporthe oryzae

J Bao, M Chen, Z Zhong, W Tang, L Lin, X Zhang… - Molecular plant, 2017 - cell.com
… The genome-wide influence of TEs in promoting virulence evolution among M. oryzae … of
the genome-wide influence of TEs on virulence evolution of M. oryzae field isolates. Furthermore…

Epigenetics and the evolution of virulence

T Kasuga, M Gijzen - Trends in microbiology, 2013 - cell.com
… Another is the epigenetically induced reprogramming and diversification of transcriptional
patterns by de-repression of transposable elements. These observations indicate that …

Population-level transposable element expression dynamics influence trait evolution in a fungal crop pathogen

LN Abraham, U Oggenfuss, D Croll - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
… We focused on the recent activity of transposable elements (TEs) using deep population …
We indeed found that TE insertions are likely responsible for variation in virulence on the host …

Dynamics of transposable elements in recently diverged fungal pathogens: lineage-specific transposable element content and efficiency of genome defenses

C Lorrain, A Feurtey, M Möller, J Haueisen… - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Transposable element content and identity variation in the Zymoseptoria genus. (A)
Summary of the 26 long-read genome assemblies obtained from a worldwide collection of …

[HTML][HTML] Transposable element-assisted evolution and adaptation to host plant within the Leptosphaeria maculans-Leptosphaeria biglobosa species complex of …

J Grandaubert, RGT Lowe, JL Soyer, CL Schoch… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
… size expansion, mostly driven by increasing content of transposable elements (TEs).
Through comparative and evolutionary genomics, five members of the Leptosphaeria maculans-…