Translationally optimal codons associate with structurally sensitive sites in proteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1571-1580

  Zhou, Tong ^a   Weems, Mason ^a   Wilke, Claus O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Optimal codon; Protein evolution; Protein structure; Translational accuracy selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLY; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67649356943     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp070     Document Type: Article

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