Absence of translationally selected synonymous codon usage bias in Helicobacter pylori

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 851-860

  Lafay, Bénédicte ^a,c   Atherton, John C ^b   Sharp, Paul M ^a  

^a Division of Gastroenterology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

cag pathogenicity island; Codon usage; Helicobacter pylori; Molecular evolution; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034086295     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-851     Document Type: Article

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