Synonymous codon usage bias in the rice cultivar 93-11 (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica)

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-340

  Liu, Qing Po ^a,b   Tan, Jun ^b   Xue, Qing Zhong ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Genomics Institute   (China)

Author keywords

GC content; Gene expression level; Gene length; Optimal codon; Rice; Synonymous codon usage bias; Translation initiation region

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; CULTIVAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; RICE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0242515800     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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