Selection on synonymous sites for increased accessibility around mirna binding sites in plants

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3037-3044

  Gu, Wanjun ^a   Wang, Xiaofei ^a   Zhai, Chuanying ^a   Xie, Xueying ^a   Zhou, Tong ^b  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

microRNA function; site accessibility; synonymous selection

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MICRORNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; RICE; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE;

BASE COMPOSITION; BINDING SITES; CODON; GENES, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84866952755     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss109     Document Type: Article

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