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The Frustrated Gene: Origins of Eukaryotic Gene Expression

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.003
Abstract

Eukarytotic gene expression is frustrated by a series of steps that are generally not observed in prokaryotes and are therefore not essential for the basic chemistry of transcription and translation. Their evolution may have been driven by the need to defend against parasitic nucleic acids.

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