Translational selection is operative for synonymous codon usage in Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium acetobutylicum

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 855-863

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

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ACCURACY; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CODON; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038705152     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26063-0     Document Type: Review

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