Translational effects of differential codon usage among intragenic domains of new genes in Drosophila

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1728, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-142

  Zhang, Jianming ^a   Long, Manyuan ^a   Li, Liming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of protein functions; Codon usage; Evolution of new genes; Expression of insect genes; Intragenic codon bias; Short chain dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REGULATION; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 18044378220     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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