Non-universal usage of the leucine CUG codon and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Candida

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-86

  Sugita, Takashi ^a,b   Nakase, Takashi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida; Codon CUG; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GALACTOSE; LEUCINE; RIBOSOME DNA; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC CODE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA;

EID: 0033023336     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80030-7     Document Type: Article

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