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. 2009 Jun 23;7(6):e1000127.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000127.

Change for the better: phosphoregulation of proteins drives evolution

William Mair
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Change for the better: phosphoregulation of proteins drives evolution

William Mair. PLoS Biol. .
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What evolutionary modifications contribute the most to phenotypic diversity? This study by Beltrao et al. takes a look at the evolution of regulation by phosphorylation in three yeast species, S. cerevisiae, C. albicans (above), and Sc. pombe, to show that protein kinases are an important source of variability. (Image credit: CDC/Dr. Godon Roberstad)
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