Selection, Mutations and Codon Usage in Bacterial Model

dc.creatorBagnoli, Franco
dc.creatorLio', Pietro
dc.date1998-08-28
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dc.descriptionWe present a statistical model of bacterial evolution based on the coupling between codon usage and tRNA abundance. Such a model interprets this aspect of the evolutionary process as a balance between the codon homogenization effect due to mutation process and the improvement of the translation phase due to natural selection. We develop a thermodynamical description of the asymptotic state of the model. The analysis of naturally occurring sequences shows that the effect of natural selection on codon bias not only affects genes whose products are largely required at maximal growth rate conditions but also gene products that undergo rapid transient increases.
dc.description15 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9808317
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9808317
dc.identifierJ. theor. Biol. 173, 271-281 (1995)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1006/jtbi.1995.0062
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/95846
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectQuantitative Biology
dc.titleSelection, Mutations and Codon Usage in Bacterial Model
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