The relation between codon usage, base correlation and gene expression level in Escherichia coli and yeast

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-124

  Li, Hong ^a   Luo, Liaofu ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030596612     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0119     Document Type: Article

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