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Selection-driven cost-efficiency optimization of transcripts modulates gene evolutionary rate in bacteria.
Genome biology - 31 Jul 2018
Seward Emily A, Kelly Steven
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BACKGROUND: Most amino acids are encoded by multiple synonymous codons. However, synonymous codons are not used equally, and this biased codon use varies between different organisms. It has previously been shown that both selection acting to increase codon translational efficiency and selection acting to decrease codon biosynthetic cost contribute to differences in codon bias. However, it is unknown how these two...
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