The 'weighted sum of relative entropy': A new index for synonymous codon usage bias

Gene

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-23

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

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid usage bias; Ew; Gene expression level; Hs; Hw; n; Nucleotide composition bias; Shannon entropy; Synonymous codon usage bias; the simple sum of entropy; the weighted sum of entropy; the weighted sum of relative entropy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CODON; ENTROPY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; ENTROPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 2942582578     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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