Nonuniversal usage of the leucine CUG codon in yeasts: Investigation of basidiomycetous yeast

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-197

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

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basidiomycota; Codon CUG; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; SERINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CODON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0033375377     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.45.193     Document Type: Article

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