Base compositions of genes encoding α-actin and lactate dehydrogenase-A from differently adapted vertebrates show no temperature-adaptive variation in G + C content

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-110

  Ream, Rachael A ^a   Johns, Glenn C ^a   Somero, George N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alpha actin; Codon bias; GC content; Lactate dehydrogenase A (ldh a); Temperature; Vertebrate genome evolution

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 5; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CODON; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOCHORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOSTABILITY; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PISCES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037225045     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg008     Document Type: Article

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