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Arthropod CYPomes illustrate the tempo and mode in P450 evolution.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jan 2011
Feyereisen R
Abstract excerpt
The great diversity of P450 genes in a variety of organisms is well documented but not well explained. The number of CYP genes in each species is highly variable and this is shown here for arthropod, mainly insect CYPomes. Pairs of recognizable orthologs are but a small portion of the CYPome, but species- or lineage-specific expansions of CYP subfamilies are consistently observed. These "blooms" of CYP genes have...
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