Evolution of pathogenicity-associated genes in Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA by genome duplication and transposon-mediated gene function alterations.

Aleena FrancisSrayan GhoshKriti TyagiV PrakasamMamta RaniNagendra Pratap SinghAmrita PradhanR M SundaramC PriyankaG S LahaC KannanM S PrasadDebasis ChattopadhyayGopaljee Jha

Published in: BMC biology (2023)

Our study has unravelled whole-genome duplication, TE-mediated neofunctionalization of genes and evolution of pathogenicity traits in R. solani AG1-IA. The pathogenicity-associated genes identified during the study can serve as novel targets for disease control.

Keyphrases

genome wide
genome wide identification
biofilm formation
bioinformatics analysis
copy number
gene expression
escherichia coli
staphylococcus aureus
cystic fibrosis