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| Title |
Molecular chaperones and selection against mutations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, February 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-3-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katarzyna Tomala, Ryszard Korona |
| Abstract |
Molecular chaperones help to restore the native states of proteins after their destabilization by external stress. It has been proposed that another function of chaperones is to maintain the activity of proteins destabilized by mutation, weakening the selection against suboptimal protein variants. This would allow for the accumulation of genetic variation which could then be exposed during environmental perturbation and facilitate rapid adaptation. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Estonia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 25 | 31% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Professor | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 12% |
| Unknown | 5 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 2% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 9% |