Codon usage and gene function are related in sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana

Gene

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages GC1-

  Chiapello, Hélène ^a,b   Lisacek, Frédérique ^b   Caboche, Michel ^a   Alain Henaut ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Codon usage; Factorial correspondence analysis; Multigene family; Pattern of expression

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344653653     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00671-9     Document Type: Article

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