Local genic base composition impacts protein production and cellular fitness

The maintenance of a G + C content that is higher than the mutational input to a genome provides support for the view that selection serves to increase G + C contents in bacteria. Recent experimental evidence from Escherichia coli demonstrated that selection for increasing G + C content operates at...

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Main Authors: Erik M. Quandt, Charles C. Traverse, Howard Ochman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4286.pdf