Accelerated evolution of functional plastid rrna and elongation factor genes due to reduced protein synthetic load after the loss of photosynthesis in the chlorophyte alga polytoma

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1810-1822

  Vernon, D ^a   Gutell, R R ^a   Cannone, J J ^a   Rumpf, R W ^a   Birky C W , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast elongation factor gene; Chloroplast rRNA gene; Codon bias; Polytoma; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; PROTEIN RRN16; PROTEIN TUFA; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; POLYTOMA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS HUMICOLA; POLYTOMA OBTUSUM; POLYTOMA UVELLA;

EID: 0034892785     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003968     Document Type: Article

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