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Is GC bias in the nuclear genome of the carnivorous plant Utricularia driven by ROS-based mutation and biased gene conversion?
Plant signaling & behavior - 1 Nov 2011
Ibarra-Laclette Enrique, Albert Victor A, Herrera-Estrella Alfredo, Herrera-Estrella Luis
Abstract excerpt
At less than 90 Mbp, the tiny nuclear genome of the carnivorous bladderwort plant Utricularia is an attractive model system for studying molecular evolutionary processes leading to genome miniaturization. Recently, we reported that expression of genes encoding DNA repair and reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification enzymes is highest in Utricularia traps, and we argued that ROS mutagenic action correlates...
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