The evolution of biased codon and amino acid usage in nematode genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2303-2315

  Cutter, Asher D ^a,b   Wasmuth, James D ^a,c   Blaxter, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Codon usage bias; Molecular evolution; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME, HELMINTH; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33750011953     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl097     Document Type: Article

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