摘要
自1986年在粗糙脉孢菌(Neurospora crassa)中首次发现真菌所特有的真核生物基因沉默机制重复序列诱导的点突变(repeat-induced point mutation,RIP)以来,在真菌中又相继发现了减数分裂前诱导的甲基化(methylation induced premeiotically,MIP)、压制(quelling)和非配对DNA介导的减数分裂沉默(meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA,MSUD)等RNA沉默现象。另外,在真菌中也发现存在有与高等动植物中相似的DNA甲基化、RNA干扰和染色质重塑等表观遗传现象。对真菌表观遗传学的深入研究不仅丰富和推动了真核生物表观遗传学的内容和发展,也极大地促进了真菌系统进化的研究和转基因沉默问题的解决。
Since the repeat-induced point mutation (RIP), a gene silencing mechanisms in Neurospora crassa, was discovered in 1986, methylation induced premeiotically (MIP), quelling, and meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD) had been found in fungi one after another. Furthermore, DNA methylation, RNA interference, and chromatin remodeling, similar gene silencing mechanisms to higher plants and animals, were sought in a number of fungi. Studying fungal epigentics in depth can enrich and promote our knowledge on eukaryotic epigentics, and also accelerate research on phylogenetic evolution and analyze transgenetic silence of fungi.
出处
《细胞生物学杂志》
CSCD
2009年第2期212-216,共5页
Chinese Journal of Cell Biology