Evolutionary BiologyCell GenomicsPeer-reviewed
Indels allow antiviral proteins to evolve functional novelty inaccessible by missense mutations
Jeannette L. Tenthorey, Serena del Banco, Ishrak Ramzan…·Harmit Singh Malik
The paper shows that indels, not just missense mutations, enable antiviral proteins like TRIM5 to evolve new functions against viruses.
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