Genome landscapes and bacteriophage codon usage.

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000001

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Genome landscapes and bacteriophage codon usage.

PLoS computational biology - 29 Feb 2008

Lucks Julius B, Nelson David R, Kudla Grzegorz R, Plotkin Joshua B

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Across all kingdoms of biological life, protein-coding genes exhibit unequal usage of synonymous codons. Although alternative theories abound, translational selection has been accepted as an important mechanism that shapes the patterns of codon usage in prokaryotes and simple eukaryotes. Here we analyze patterns of codon usage across 74 diverse bacteriophages that infect E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and L. lactis as...

Topics

Bacteriophages
Biological Evolution
Chromosome Mapping
Computer Simulation
Evolution, Molecular
Genes, Viral
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Models, Genetic
Species Specificity

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PMID: 18463708
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000001
PMCID: PMC2266997

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