Selection on the codon bias of chloroplast and cyanelle genes in different plant and algal lineages

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-459

  Morton, Brian R ^a  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Codon usage; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLAST; CODON; EUGLENA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RNA TRANSLATION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPLASTS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HUMANS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; ODONTELLA SINENSIS; PINUS THUNBERGII; PORPHYRA PURPUREA;

EID: 0031979388     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006325     Document Type: Article

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