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Sequence variation, differential expression, and divergent evolution in starch-related genes among accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Mar 2015
Schwarte Sandra, Wegner Fanny, Havenstein Katja, Groth Detlef, Steup Martin, Tiedemann Ralph
Abstract excerpt
Transitory starch metabolism is a nonlinear and highly regulated process. It originated very early in the evolution of chloroplast-containing cells and is largely based on a mosaic of genes derived from either the eukaryotic host cell or the prokaryotic endosymbiont. Initially located in the cytoplasm, starch metabolism was rewired into plastids in Chloroplastida. Relocation was accompanied by gene duplications...
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