The influence of anticodon-codon interactions and modified bases on codon usage bias in bacteria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2129-2140

  Ran, Wenqi ^a   Higgs, Paul G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticodon; codon usage; modified nucleotides; translational selection; tRNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BASE PAIRING; CODON; CODON USAGE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANTICODON; BACTERIA; CODON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955955750     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq102     Document Type: Article

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