Analysis of factors shaping S. pneumoniae codon usage

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 747-752

  Hou, Zhuo Cheng ^a   Yang, Ning ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Base composition; Codon usage; Correspondence analysis; Gene expressivity; Gene length; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON USAGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036676696     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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