Comparison of codon usage and tRNAs in mitochondrial genomes of Candida species

BioSystems

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 362-370

  Kamatani, Takaaki ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Candida; Mitochondrial genome; Synonymous codon; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTAMINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN; RNA; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA STELLATA; CODON USAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA STELLATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34548392771     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.09.039     Document Type: Article

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