The effect of ribonucleotide concentration on codon usage bias of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes of mammalian species
Grant Data
Project Title
The effect of ribonucleotide concentration on codon usage bias of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes of mammalian species
Principal Investigator
Dr Xia, Xuhua
(Principal Investigator)
Duration
34
Start Date
1997-09-01
Amount
501620
Conference Title
The effect of ribonucleotide concentration on codon usage bias of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes of mammalian species
Presentation Title
Keywords
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Discipline
N/A
HKU Project Code
HKU 7259/97M
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
1997
Status
Completed
Objectives
To evaluate the relative importance of three competing hypotheses: translation, mutation and transcription, proposed to explain the observed pattern of codon usage in various animal species, with particular emphasis on testing the validity of the transcription hypothesis of codon usage, THCU; to use DNA sequences from introns and orthologous protein genes to examine the generality of an optimality model of the RNA transcription process that has been used to predict the effect of maximizing transcription efficiency on codon usage; to develop methods and computer programs for codon analysis by automating analytical procedures such as data retrieval from GenBank, data manipulation, phylogenetic reconstruction, and phylogeny-based comparative analysis.