When a gene is worth two: Same gene fulfills different biological roles in plants
Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
The notion that each gene can only codify for a single protein has been challenged for some years. Yet, the functional outcomes that may result from genes encoding more than one protein are still largely unknown. Now, botanists have discovered a gene – ZIFL1 – that produces two different proteins with completely distinct locations and functions in the plant.