Synonymous codon usage, accuracy of translation, and gene length in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-280

  Marais, Gabriel ^a   Duret, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy of translation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Codon bias index; Codon usage; Gene length

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON USAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ACCURACY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; HOMO SAPIENS; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035012056     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010155     Document Type: Article

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