Synonymous codon choices in the extremely GC-poor genome of Plasmodium falciparum: Compositional constraints and translational selection

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-35

  Musto, Héctor ^a,b   Romero, Héctor ^a,b   Zavala, Alejandro ^a   Jabbari, Kamel ^c   Bernardi, Giorgio ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Codon usage; Compositional constraints; Optimal codons; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CODON USAGE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CODON; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033050538     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006531     Document Type: Article

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