Trends in codon and amino acid usage in Thermotoga maritima

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 563-568

  Zavala, Alejandro ^a   Naya, Hugo ^a   Romero, Héctor ^a,b   Musto, Héctor ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Amino acid frequency; Amino acid usage; Codon usage; GC3 content; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HISTIDINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; URACIL;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AMINO ACIDS; CODON; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0036216144     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0040-y     Document Type: Article

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