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Adaptive protein evolution through length variation of short tandem repeats in Arabidopsis.
Science advances - 22 Mar 2023
Reinar William B, Greulich Anne, Stø Ida M, Knutsen Jonfinn B, Reitan Trond, Tørresen Ole K, Jentoft Sissel, Butenko Melinka A, Jakobsen Kjetill S
Abstract excerpt
Intrinsically disordered protein regions are of high importance for biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants. Tracts of identical amino acids accumulate in these regions and can vary in length over generations because of expansions and retractions of short tandem repeats at the genomic level. However, little attention has been paid to what extent length variation is shaped by natural selection. By...
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