No evidence for tissue-specific adaptation of synonymous codon usage in humans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 523-529

  Sémon, Marie ^a   Lobry, Jean R ^a   Duret, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Correspondence analysis; Expression; GC content; Multivariate analysis; Tissue specific

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOCHORE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33244484877     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj053     Document Type: Article

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