In virtually every eukaryotic species, the ends of nuclear chromosomes are protected by
telomeres, nucleoprotein structures counteracting the end-replication problem and …

Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus oryzae belong to Aspergillus section Flavi. They are
closely related and are of significant economic importance. The former species has the …

Yeast species are extremely diverse and not monophyletic. Because the majority of yeast
research focuses on ascomycetes, the mutational determinants of genetic diversity across …

The RNA subunit of telomerase is an essential component whose primary sequence and
length are poorly conserved among eukaryotic organisms. The phytopathogen Ustilago …

Repetitive DNA elements are ubiquitous constituents of eukaryotic genomes. The biological
roles of these repetitive elements, supposed to impact genome organization and evolution …

In this study we have established the structure of chromosome ends in the basidiomycete
fungus Ustilago maydis. We isolated and characterized several clones containing telomeric …

Telomeric sequences constitute only a small fraction of the whole genome yet they are
crucial for ensuring genomic stability. This function is in large part mediated by protein …

Pseudozyma hubeiensis is a basidiomycete yeast that has the highly desirable traits for
lignocellulose valorisation of being equally efficient at utilization of glucose and xylose, and …

The telomere G-strand binding protein Pot1 plays multifaceted roles in telomere
maintenance and protection. We examined the structure and activities of Pot1 in Ustilago …

A subset of human cancer cells uses a specialized, aberrant recombination pathway known
as ALT to maintain telomeres, which in these cells are characterized by complex aberrations …