Critical roles for a genetic code alteration in the evolution of the genus Candida

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4555-4565

  Silva, Raquel M ^a   Paredes, João A ^a   Moura, Gabriela R ^a   Manadas, Bruno ^b   Lima Costa, Tatiana ^a   Rocha, Rita ^a   Miranda, Isabel ^a   Gomes, Ana C ^a   Koerkamp, Marian J G ^c   Perrot, Michel ^d   Holstege, Frank C P ^c   Boucherie, Hélian ^d   Santos, Manuel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Candida; Gene expression; Genetic code alterations; mRNA mistranslation; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; DIPLOIDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRESS; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELENOCYSTEINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 35648984625     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601876     Document Type: Article

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