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Emergence of novel functions in transcriptional regulators by regression to stem protein types.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Aug 2007
Galvão Teca Calcagno, Mencía Mario, de Lorenzo Víctor
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary expansion of metabolic networks entails the emergence of regulatory factors that become sensitive to new chemical species. A dedicated genetic system was developed for the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida aimed at deciphering the steps involved in the gain of responsiveness of the toluene-activated prokaryotic regulator XylR to the xenobiotic chemical 2,4 dinitrotoluene (DNT). A mutant library of...
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