Moss protein corrects genetic defects of other plants
Friday, July 3, 2020 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
Almost all land plants employ an army of molecular editors who correct errors in their genetic information. Researchers have now transferred one of these proofreaders from the moss Physcomitrium patens (previously known as Physcomitrella patens) into a flowering plant. Surprisingly, it performs its work there as reliably as in the moss itself.