A codon-based model designed to describe lentiviral evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1069-1081

  Pedersen, Anne Mette K ^a   Wiuf, Carsten ^a,b   Christiansen, Freddy B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Codon based model; CpG depression; Goodness of fit; HIV1; Lentivirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRINAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031880125     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026006     Document Type: Article

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