Synonymous codon usage and its potential link with optimal growth temperature in prokaryotes

Gene

Volumn 385, Issue , 2006, Pages 128-136

  Lobry, J R ^a,b,c,d   Necsulea A ^a,b,c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d HELIX   (France)

Author keywords

AGG; Optimum growth temperature; Psychrophiles; Synonymous codon usage; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; TYROSINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON USAGE; GROWTH STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34547162005     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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