Experimental reduction of codon bias in the Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase gene results in decreased ethanol tolerance of adult flies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 779-785

  Carlini, David B ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adh; Codon bias; Drosophila; Ethanol tolerance; Natural selection; Synonymous substitutions

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ETHANOL; FLY; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; CODON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; LINEAR MODELS; MORTALITY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 3042742751     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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