Evolution of eukaryotic translation elongation and termination factors: Variations of evolutionary rate and genetic code deviations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-200

  Moreira, David ^a   Kervestin, Stéphanie ^a   Jean Jean, Olivier ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Elongation factor; Eukaryotic phylogeny; Genetic code; Long branch attraction; Release factor

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036148050     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004071     Document Type: Article

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