CpG islands are the second main factor shaping codon usage in human genes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 343, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1257-1261

  Scaiewicz, Viviana ^a   Sabbía, Víctor ^a   Piovani, Rosina ^a   Musto, Héctor ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Correspondence analysis; CpG islands; Human genome; Isochores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; ISOCHORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; CPG ISLANDS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 33646052282     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.108     Document Type: Article

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