Expansion of the MutS Gene Family in Plants.
Daniel B SloanAmanda K BrozShady A KusterViraj MuthyeAlejandro Peñafiel-AyalaJennifer R MarronDennis V LavrovLuis G BriebaPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
Plants are distinguished from other eukaryotes by a functionally diverse complement of MutS proteins gained via a combination of gene duplication, endosymbiotic gene transfer, and horizontal gene transfer.