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RecA-dependent DNA repair results in increased heteroplasmy of the Arabidopsis mitochondrial genome.
Plant physiology - 1 May 2012
Miller-Messmer Marie, Kühn Kristina, Bichara Marc, Le Ret Monique, Imbault Patrice, Gualberto José M
Abstract excerpt
Plant mitochondria have very active DNA recombination activities that are responsible for its plastic structures and that should be involved in the repair of double-strand breaks in the mitochondrial genome. Little is still known on plant mitochondrial DNA repair, but repair by recombination is believed to be a major determinant in the rapid evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes. In flowering plants,...
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