Evidence for translational selection in codon usage in Echinococcus spp.

Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Fernandez V ^a   Zavala, A ^b   Musto, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Echinococcus spp.; Optimal codons; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034915863     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001008150     Document Type: Article

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