Emergence and evolution of the ERM proteins and merlin in metazoans
V. Shabardina, Y. Kashima, Y. Suzuki, W. Makalowski
The paper performs a phylogenetic analysis of ERM proteins and merlin across 87 species, revealing their evolutionary origins, diversification, and functional adaptations, including tumor suppression.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2019Evolutionary Biology