UpGene: Application of a web-based dna codon optimization algorithm

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 443-448

  Gao, Wentao ^a   Rzewski, Alexis ^b   Sun, Huijie ^b   Robbins, Paul D ^a   Gambotto, Andrea ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; GENES; OPTIMIZATION; VACCINES; VIRUSES;

GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CODON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CODON; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INTERNET; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SOFTWARE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMALIA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 1842713354     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp0300467     Document Type: Article

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