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Distribution Of Abc Transporter Genes Across The Plant Kingdom, Thomas Scott Lane
Distribution Of Abc Transporter Genes Across The Plant Kingdom, Thomas Scott Lane
Masters Theses
The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter gene superfamily is ubiquitous among extant organisms. ABC transporters act to transport compounds across cellular membranes and are involved in a diverse range of biological processes and functions including cancer resistance in humans, drug resistance among vertebrates, and herbicide resistance in weeds. This superfamily of genes appears to be larger and more diverse in the plant kingdom—yet, we know relatively less about ABC transporter function in plants compared with mammals and bacteria. Therefore, we undertook a plant kingdom-wide transcriptomic survey of ABC transporters to better understand their diversity.
We utilized sequence similarity-based informatics techniques to …