Analysis of codon usage in β-tubulin sequences of helminths

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Von Samson Himmelstjerna, G ^a   Harder, A ^b   Failing, K ^c   Pape, M ^a   Schnieder, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCULATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HELMINTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELMINTHS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA; TUBULIN; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA; VERMES;

EID: 0042768640     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0840-7     Document Type: Article

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