The strength of translational selection for codon usage varies in the three replicons of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Gene

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Peixoto, Lucía ^a,b   Zavala, Alejandro ^a   Romero, Héctor ^a,c   Musto, Héctor ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Genome organization; Rhizobia; Symbiosis; Synonymous codon usage; Synonymous substitutions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTEROIDES; CELL GROWTH; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA TRANSLATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0242361575     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00815-1     Document Type: Article

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