PMID:7563132
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Berg, OG and Martelius, M (1995) Synonymous substitution-rate constants in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium and their relationship to gene expression and selection pressure. J. Mol. Evol. 41:449-56 |
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| Abstract |
Based on the differences in synonymous codon use between E. coli and S. typhimurium, the synonymous substitution rates can be estimated. In contrast to previous studies on the substitution rates in these two organisms, we use a kinetic model that explicitly takes the selection bias into account. The selection pressure on synonymous codons for a particular amino acid can be calculated from the observed codon bias. This offers a unique opportunity to study systematically the relationship between substitution-rate constants and selection pressure. The results indicate that the codon bias in these organisms is determined by a mutation-selection balance rather than by stabilizing selection. A best fit to the data implies that the mutation rate constant increases about threefold in genes at low expression levels relative to those that are highly expressed. |
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Base Sequence; Biological Evolution; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Gene Expression; Genes, Bacterial; Models, Genetic; Models, Theoretical; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Salmonella typhimurium/genetics; Salmonella typhimurium/metabolism; Selection, Genetic; Time |
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