Coadaptation of isoacceptor tRNA genes and codon usage bias for translation efficiency in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-187

  Behura, S K ^a   Severson, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

anticodon; gene cluster; metabolic pathway; selection; sequence divergence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTICODON; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER, ALA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 79952293706     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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