The effective number of codons for individual amino acids: Some codons are more optimal than others

Gene

Volumn 320, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Fuglsang, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Escherichia coli; Expressivity; Selection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0242298579     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00829-1     Document Type: Article

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