| Literature DB >> 2308837 |
J L Oliver1, A Marín, J M Martínez-Zapater.
Abstract
During plant evolution, some plastid genes have been moved to the nuclear genome. These transferred genes are now correctly expressed in the nucleus, their products being transported into the chloroplast. We compared the base compositions, the distributions of some dinucleotides and codon usages of transferred, nuclear and chloroplast genes in two dicots and two monocots plant species. Our results indicate that transferred genes have adjusted to nuclear base composition and codon usage, being now more similar to the nuclear genes than to the chloroplast ones in every species analyzed.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2308837 PMCID: PMC330204 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.1.65
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN: 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971