Evidence that alternative transcriptional initiation is largely nonadaptive.

Alternative transcriptional initiation (ATI) refers to the frequent observation that one gene has multiple transcription start sites (TSSs). Although this phenomenon is thought to be adaptive, the specific advantage is rarely known. Here, we propose that each gene has one optimal TSS and that ATI ar...

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Main Authors: Chuan Xu, Joong-Ki Park, Jianzhi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000197