Evolution of codon usage and base contents in kinetoplastid protozoans.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040159

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Evolution of codon usage and base contents in kinetoplastid protozoans.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 1994

Alvarez F, Robello C, Vignali M

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In this study we analyze and compare the trends in codon usage in five representative species of kinetoplastid protozoans (Crithidia fasciculata, Leishmania donovani, L. major, Trypanosoma cruzi and T. brucei), with the purpose of investigating the processes underlying these trends. A principal c...

Topics

Animals
Base Composition
Codon
Crithidia fasciculata
DNA, Protozoan
Genetic Code
Genetic Markers
Kinetoplastida
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania major
Mutation
Phylogeny
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Trypanosoma cruzi

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