Codon usage in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 915-925

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

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Intein; Molecular evolution; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CODON USAGE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030000489     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-915     Document Type: Article

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