Evolutionary lability of context-dependent codon bias in bacteria

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 264-275

  McVean, Gilean A T ^a   Hurst, Gregory D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AGG motifs; Bacteria; Codon bias; Escherichia coli; Haemophilus influenzae; Mycoplasma genitalium; Out of frame stop codons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; STOP CODON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033917194     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910031     Document Type: Article

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