Over-representation of Chi sequences caused by di-codon increase in Escherichia coli K-12

Gene

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Uno, Reina ^a   Nakayama, Yoichi ^a   Tomita, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chi sequence; Codon usage; Comparative genomics; Homologous recombination; RecBCD

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; OLIGOMER; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; CODON USAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; GENES, BACTERIAL; READING FRAMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 33747884625     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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