Structure and evolution of the actin gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.

doi:10.1093/genetics/142.2.587

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Structure and evolution of the actin gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Genetics - 1 Feb 1996

McDowell J M, Huang S, McKinney E C, An Y Q, Meagher R B

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Higher plants contain families of actin-encoding genes that are divergent and differentially expressed. Progress in understanding the functions and evolution of plant actins has been hindered by the large size of the actin gene families. In this study, we characterized the structure and evolution...

Topics

Actins
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Arabidopsis
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
DNA Primers
Genetic Variation
Genome, Plant
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Plant Proteins

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