CUG codons in Candida spp.

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-322

  Jukes, T H ^a   Osawa, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida yeasts; Codon capture; Genetic code; Leucine codons; Serine codons

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN;

ANTICODON; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CODON; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LEUCINE; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, FUNGAL; SERINE;

CANDIDA;

EID: 0029881445     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198859     Document Type: Article

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