Codon usage and base composition in Rickettsia prowazekii

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 525-536

  Andersson, Siv G E ^a   Sharp, Paul M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Mutation bias; Rickettsia prowazekii

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029938306     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02352282     Document Type: Article

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