Selection on synonymous codons in mammalian rhodopsins: A possible role in optimizing translational processes

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Du, Jingjing ^a   Dungan, Sarah Z ^a   Sabouhanian, Amir ^a   Chang, Belinda Sw ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon based likelihood models; dN dS; Mutation selection model; Visual pigment evolution

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MAMMAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RNA; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE SELECTION;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CODON; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RHODOPSIN; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 84900432065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-96     Document Type: Article

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