Bioinformatic analysis of the link between gene composition and expressivity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-147

  Fuglsang, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Codon optimization; Codon usage; DNA composition; Expression levels; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

GENE EXPRESSION; YEAST;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOINFORMATICS; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; START CODON; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 4043074964     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000036119.00001.3b     Document Type: Article

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