On the coevolution of genes and genetic code

Gene

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 133-140

  Goodarzi, Hani ^a   Shateri Najafabadi, Hamed ^a   Torabi, Noorossadat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fitness function; Gene evolution; Genetic code; Ins Del mutations; Mutational stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENETIC CODE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 28244497821     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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