Selective constraints on codon usage of nuclear genes from Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-129

  Morton, Brian R ^a   Wright, Stephen I ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Codon bias; Dinucleotide; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33845873056     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl139     Document Type: Article

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