The effect of expression levels on codon usage in Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-251

  Peixoto, L ^a,b   Fernandez V ^c   Musto, H ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c Lab Carbohidratos y Glicoconjugados   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Correspondence analysis; Mutational bias; Optimal codons; Plasmodium; Proteome; Translational selection

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CODON; CODON USAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1842555142     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004517     Document Type: Article

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