Developmental stage and level of codon usage bias in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2269-2277

  Vicario, Saverio ^a,c   Mason, Christopher E ^b   White, Kevin P ^b   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Development; Drosophila; Larval stage; Melanogaster; Protein synthesis; Pseudoobscura

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; LARVA; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 54149101347     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn189     Document Type: Article

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