Coevolution of codon usage and tRNA genes leads to alternative stable states of biased codon usage

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2279-2291

  Higgs, Paul G ^a   Ran, Wenqi ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Translational efficiency; Translational kinetics; tRNA genes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CODON USAGE; COEVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTICODON; BACTERIA; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 54149105223     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn173     Document Type: Article

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