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Codon-Resolution Analysis Reveals a Direct and Context-Dependent Impact of Individual Synonymous Mutations on mRNA Level.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2017
Chen Siyu, Li Ke, Cao Wenqing, Wang Jia, Zhao Tong, Huan Qing, Yang Yu-Fei, Wu Shaohuan, Qian Wenfeng
Abstract excerpt
Codon usage bias (CUB) refers to the observation that synonymous codons are not used equally frequently in a genome. CUB is stronger in more highly expressed genes, a phenomenon commonly explained by stronger natural selection on translational accuracy and/or efficiency among these genes. Nevertheless, this phenomenon could also occur if CUB regulates gene expression at the mRNA level, a hypothesis that has not...
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