A problem in multivariate analysis of codon usage data and a possible solution

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 6499-6504

  Suzuki, Haruo ^a   Saito, Rintaro ^a,b   Tomita, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid usage; Codon degeneracy; GC ending codon usage; Gene expression level; Gene length; GT ending codon usage; Multivariate analysis; Principal component analysis; Synonymous codon usage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACIDS; CODON; GENES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744507140     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

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