Base pairing constraints drive structural epistasis in ribosomal RNA sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1868-1876

  Dutheil, Julien Y ^a,b   Jossinet, Fabrice ^c   Westhof, Eric ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

base pair geometry; coevolution; epistasis; fitness landscape; ribosomal RNA; structural constraint

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COEVOLUTION; EPISTASIS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; ARCHAEON; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77954985549     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq069     Document Type: Article

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