Directional mutational pressure affects the amino acid composition and hydrophobicity of proteins in bacteria

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 383-391

  Gu, Xun ^a,b   Hewett Emmett, David ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Directional mutational pressure; Genomic GC content; Hydrophobicity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DARWINIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 7344256125     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017028102013     Document Type: Article

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