Adaptive basis of codon usage in the haploid moss Physcomitrella patens

Heredity

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Stenoien H K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Bryophyte; Evolution; Gene expression; Selection; Translation

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MOSS;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

BRYOPSIDA; CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOIDY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EUKARYOTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 11144317388     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800547     Document Type: Article

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