The effect of local nucleotides on synonymous codon usage in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) genome

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 637-645

  Cutler, Robert W ^a   Chantawannakul, Panuwan ^b  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Base context; Bioinformatics; Dinucleotide frequency; Genomics; Honeybee genome; Synonymous codon usage

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HONEYBEE; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEES; CODON; EXONS; GENOME, INSECT; INTRONS; NUCLEOTIDES;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 34250702058     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0198-4     Document Type: Article

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