The rapid evolution of signal peptides is mainly caused by relaxed selection on non-synonymous and synonymous sites

Gene

Volumn 436, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-11

  Li, Yu Dong ^a   Xie, Zhong Yu ^b   Du, Yi Ling ^a   Zhou, Zhan ^a   Mao, Xu Ming ^a   Lv, Long Xian ^a   Li, Yong Quan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Selection pressure; Signal peptide; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; SACCHAROMYCES; STREPTOMYCES;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELICOBACTER; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 62549149803     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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