Codon bias and mutability in HIV sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 390-397

  Stephens, C R ^a   Waelbroeck, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Codon bias; HIV; Nucleotide substitution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS MUTATION;

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

EID: 0032998243     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006483     Document Type: Article

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