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Hsp90 as a capacitor of phenotypic variation.
Nature - 6 Jun 2002
Queitsch Christine, Sangster Todd A, Lindquist Susan
Abstract excerpt
Heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) chaperones the maturation of many regulatory proteins and, in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, buffers genetic variation in morphogenetic pathways. Levels and patterns of genetic variation differ greatly between obligatorily outbreeding species such as fruitflies and self-fertilizing species such as the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Also, plant development is more plastic, being...
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