Revisiting the directional mutation pressure theory: The analysis of a particular genomic structure in Leishmania major

Gene

Volumn 385, Issue , 2006, Pages 28-40

  Necşulea, Anamaria ^a   Lobry, Jean R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Codon usage; DNA base composition; G + C content; Compositional correlation; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CODON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC MODEL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CODON; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 36849063847     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.04.031     Document Type: Article

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