Codon usage comparison of novel genes in clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3644-3658

  Gladitz, John ^a   Shen, Kai ^a   Antalis, Patricia ^a   Hu, Fen Ze ^a   Post, J Christopher ^a   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCULATION; CODON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; STATISTICS; VIRUS GENOME; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS SP.; PROKARYOTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 21244452358     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki670     Document Type: Article

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