Synonymous codon bias is related to gene length in Escherichia coli: Selection for translational accuracy?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 864-872

  Eyre Walker, Adam ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; Escherichia coli; synonymous codon bias; translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0029931535     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025646     Document Type: Article

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