Correction: Co-Evolution of Mitochondrial tRNA Import and Codon Usage Determines Translational Efficiency in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas.
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Correction: Co-Evolution of Mitochondrial tRNA Import and Codon Usage Determines Translational Efficiency in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas.
Salinas Thalia T Duby Francéline F Larosa Véronique V Coosemans Nadine N Bonnefoy Nathalie N Motte Patrick P Maréchal-Drouard Laurence L Remacle Claire C
PLoS genetics 20200331 3
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002946.]. ...[more]
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