Translation initiation AUG context varies with codon usage bias and gene length in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-64

  Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AUGCAI; AUG context; CAI; Codon usage; Drosophila melanogaster; Selection mutation drift

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CODON; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOME; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036017381     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0090-1     Document Type: Article

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