Evolutionary Rate Variation in Anthocyanin Pathway Genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1844-1853

  Lu, Yingqing ^a   Rausher, Mark D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anthocyanin pathway; Codon usage; Nucleotide substitution rates; Positive selection; Rate variation

Indexed keywords

3 OXYGLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; FLAVONOID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IPOMOEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS; ANTHOCYANINS; BINDING SITES; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IPOMOEA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; IPOMOEA; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 0242497865     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg197     Document Type: Article

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