Sequences downstream of the start codon and their relations to G + C content and optimal growth temperature in prokaryotic genomes

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-427

  Li, Wencheng ^a   Zou, Huan ^a   Tao, Meifeng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

G + C content; Optimal growth temperature; Sequence logos; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA CONTENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON;

AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34848826926     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-007-9170-6     Document Type: Article

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