Synonymous codon usage in Escherichia coli: Selection for translational accuracy

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 374-381

  Stoletzki, Nina ^a,b   Eyre Walker, Adam ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Synonymous codon use; Translational accuracy; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION;

CODON; CODON, NONSENSE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846786904     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl166     Document Type: Article

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