イーストにおける酵素の可用性の原因と進化の代謝ネットワーク分析

Balázs Papp1, Csaba Pál, Laurence D Hurst

  • 1Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, BA2 7AY Bath, Somerset, UK.

Nature
|June 11, 2004
PubMed
まとめ

多くの酵母遺伝子は実験室では欠かせないように見えますが,in silicoモデルでは,ほとんどの遺伝子が特定の条件下で重要であることを示しています. これは,遺伝子の使い捨て性を説明し,一部の遺伝子は重複またはフルス再編によって補償されます.

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