Mutational biases and selective forces shaping the structure of Arabidopsis genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Camiolo, Salvatore ^a   Rau, Domenico ^a   Porceddu, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION BIAS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARABIDOPSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION;

EID: 68149100757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006356     Document Type: Article

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