Gene expression and protein length influence codon usage and rates of sequence evolution in Populus tremula

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 836-844

  Ingvarsson, Pär K ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Gene expression; Populus; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CODON USAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PERENNIAL PLANT;

CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; SALICACEAE;

EID: 33847686233     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl212     Document Type: Article

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