Significant differences between the G+C content of synonymous codons in orthologous genes and the genomic G+C content

Gene

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-37

  Bellgard, Matthew I ^a,b   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common ancestor; Complete genome sequences; G+C content

Indexed keywords

BASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; CYTOSINE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GUANINE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOPLASMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032835775     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00318-2     Document Type: Article

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