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Origin of an antifreeze protein gene in response to Cenozoic climate change
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) inhibit ice growth within fish and protect them from freezing in icy seawater. Alanine-rich, alpha-helical AFPs (type I) have independently (convergently) evolved in four branches of fishes, one of which is a subsection of the righteye flounders. The origin of this gene fa...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9122973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35595816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12446-4 |