Genetic code flexibility in microorganisms: Novel mechanisms and impact on physiology

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 707-721

  Ling, Jiqiang ^a   O'Donoghue, Patrick ^b   Söll, Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; METHYLAMINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; THREONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; CODON;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CODON USAGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EREMOTHECIUM GOSSYPII; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MICROBIAL GENOME; MICROORGANISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; STOP CODON; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CODON; GENETICS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE;

EID: 84944456505     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3568     Document Type: Review

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