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A single amino acid converts a repressor to an activator of flowering.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 May 2005
Hanzawa Yoshie, Money Tracy, Bradley Desmond
Abstract excerpt
Homologous proteins occurring through gene duplication may give rise to novel functions through mutations affecting protein sequence or expression. Comparison of such homologues allows insight into how morphological traits evolve. However, it is often unclear which changes are key to determining new functions. To address these ideas, we have studied a system where two homologues have evolved clear and opposite...
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