Explaining complex codon usage patterns with selection for translational efficiency, mutation bias, and genetic drift

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 10231-10236

  Shah, Premal ^a   Gilchrist, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein production rate; Ribosome overhead cost

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE BIAS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CODON; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79959982593     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016719108     Document Type: Article

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