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Exploring protein sequence–function landscapes

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The effects of sequence variation on function are elucidated by a study of protein evolution.

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Figure 1: Origins of covariation in a multiple sequence alignment.

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Supported by NIH R01GM104397 (J.W.T.), NIH training grant T32-GM007183 (T.N.S.), and a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (T.N.S.).

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  1. Tyler N. Starr in in the Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA,

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  2. Joseph W. Thornton is in the Departments of Ecology & Evolution and Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,

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