Codon bias is a major factor explaining phage evolution in translationally biased hosts

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-223

  Carbone, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Codon Adaptation Index; Codon bias; Microbial evolution; Microbial lifestyle; Phages; Self Consistent Codon Index

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CODON; COLIPHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROVIRIDAE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE;

EID: 43149120657     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9068-6     Document Type: Article

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