Blake Victoria M, Barolo Scott
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Curr Biol. 2014 Aug 4;24(15):R695-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.049.
As genomes evolve, proteins with novel functions arise primarily from gene duplication and divergence events. A new study identifies several molecular mechanisms by which related transcription factors diverge over time to control new sets of target genes and novel cellular functions.