Reduced stability of mRNA secondary structure near the translation-initiation site in dsDNA viruses

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies have demonstrated a selection pressure for reduced mRNA secondary-structure stability near the start codon of coding sequences. This selection pressure can be observed in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, and is likel...

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Main Authors: Wilke Claus O, Zhou Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/59