The influence of translational selection on codon usage in fishes from the family Cyprinidae

Gene

Volumn 317, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 141-147

  Romero, Héctor ^a,b,c   Zavala, Alejandro ^b   Musto, Héctor ^a,b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Correspondence analysis; Isochores; Translational selection; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

BRACHIDANIO RERIO; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DANIO RERIO; PISCES; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0242290126     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00701-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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