Codon usage suggests that translational selection has a major impact on protein expression in trypanosomatids

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Horn, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SYNTENY; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CODON; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; CODON; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 38749115393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-2     Document Type: Article

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