Rate of protein evolution versus fitness effect of gene deletion

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 772-774

  Yang, Jing ^a   Gu, Zhenglong ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplicate genes; Functional compensation; Non synonymous rate; Protein dispensability; Singletons

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENES, DUPLICATE; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038708556     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg078     Document Type: Article

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