PubMed · 2992612
The missense errors in protein can be controlled by selective synonymous codon usage at the level of transcription.
Abstract
In the cases of the 6-fold degenerate residues and the stop signal, selective codon usage at the level of transcription can account for a 10-20% variation in their mistranslation rate. For all other residues, the mistranslation rate is dependent upon the degree of degeneracy only, but not upon the pattern of synonymous codon usage.
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A K Konopka, V Brendel. 1985. The missense errors in protein can be controlled by selective synonymous codon usage at the level of transcription.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0300-9084(85)80265-0
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