Developmental stage related patterns of codon usage and genomic GC content: Searching for evolutionary fingerprints with models of stem cell differentiation

Genome Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ren, Lichen ^a   Gao, Ge ^b   Zhao, Dongxin ^b   Ding, Mingxiao ^b   Luo, Jingchu ^b   Deng, Hongkui ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN CONTENT; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; CYTOLOGY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); STEM CELLS;

EID: 34250221157     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r35     Document Type: Article

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