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The evolutionary history of PDR in Brachypodium distachyon polyploids.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Mar 2011
Shang Yi, Ma Lulin, Wang Haiyan, Feng Wei, Chen Peidu, Cao Xuying, Liu Dajun, Wang Xiu-E
Abstract excerpt
The ATP-binding cassette transporter genes include the pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) family found only in fungi and plants. These transporters transport toxic compounds across biological membranes. Here, we investigated the evolution of the PDR1 gene in Brachypodium distachyon, a widely distributed temperate grass species that belongs to the Poaceae (Gramineae) family, which also contains the domesticated...
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