Two human gene families display preferences for different nucleotides and have distinct codon usage patterns

Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-41

  Skerka, Christine ^a   Abel, Wolfgang O ^a   Zipfel, Peter F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Complement; Early growth response (EGR); Factor H; Gene families; Nucleotide distribution; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PLASMA PROTEIN; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0033977450     PISSN: 02549670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000019122     Document Type: Article

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