Codon usage bias and tRNA abundance in Drosophila

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 514-523

  Moriyama, Etsuko N ^a   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; D. pseudo obscura; D. virilis; Developmental stage; Drosophila melanogaster; Isoaccepting tRNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CODON; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CODON; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030731696     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006256     Document Type: Article

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