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Spontaneous dominant mutations in chlamydomonas highlight ongoing evolution by gene diversification.
The Plant cell - 1 Apr 2015
Boulouis Alix, Drapier Dominique, Razafimanantsoa Hélène, Wostrikoff Katia, Tourasse Nicolas J, Pascal Kevin, Girard-Bascou Jacqueline, Vallon Olivier, Wollman Francis-André, Choquet Yves
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We characterized two spontaneous and dominant nuclear mutations in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, ncc1 and ncc2 (for nuclear control of chloroplast gene expression), which affect two octotricopeptide repeat (OPR) proteins encoded in a cluster of paralogous genes on chromosome 15. Both mutations cause a single amino acid substitution in one OPR repeat. As a result, the mutated NCC1 and NCC2...
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