Selection for the miniaturization of highly expressed genes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 360, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 586-592

  Li, Shu Wei ^a   Feng, Liang ^a   Niu, Deng Ke ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energetic cost; Gene expression; Intron length; Intron number; Protein domain number; Protein length

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34447263110     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.085     Document Type: Article

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