Heterogeneity in regional GC content and differential usage of codons and amino acids in GC-poor and GC-rich regions of the genome of Apis mellifera

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 611-619

  Jørgensen, Frank Grønlund ^a   Schierup, Mikkel Heide ^a   Clark, Andrew G ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Apis mellifera; Codon bias; GC content; Isochore

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CYTOSINE; GLYCINE; GUANINE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROLINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASE COMPOSITION; BEES; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME, INSECT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APIS MELLIFERA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846818736     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl190     Document Type: Article

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