Studies on synonymous codon and amino acid usages in Aeromonas hydrophila phage Aeh1: Architecture of protein-coding genes and therapeutic implications

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-33

  Sau, Keya ^a  

^a HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Amino acid metabolism; Bacteriophages; Codon; Gene expression regulation, bacterial

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA; AMINO ACID; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE AEH1; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MUTATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CODON; GENES, VIRAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MUTATION; SOFTWARE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 34347372874     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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