Patterns of codon usage bias in three dicot and four monocot plant species

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-352

  Kawabe, Akira ^a,b   Miyashita, Naohiko T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon bias; GC contents; Preferred codon

Indexed keywords

PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; GENES, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POACEAE;

POACEAE;

EID: 0346732986     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.343     Document Type: Article

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