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The contribution of transposable elements of Blumeria graminis to cross kingdom compatibility with cereal hosts (A03)

Subject Area Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
Term since 2023
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 491090170
 
Within this project, we examine the role of transposable elements (TEs) in shaping the genomic organization and effector repertoire of Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei. As a result of adaptation to the host environment, this obligate parasitic fungus shows a high intra-species diversity at the genome organization as well as effector sequence levels. This project will address the questions: i) is there diversity and which selection occurs at candidate effector genes that derive from TE sequences? and ii) what is the contribution of TEs to the evolution and regulation of TE-neighbouring housekeeping and effector genes?
DFG Programme CRC/Transregios
 
 

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