Codon evolution is governed by linear formulas

Amino Acids

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-668

  Sorimachi, K ^a   Okayasu, T ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Codon evolution; Codon usage; Genome; Linear empirical formula; Nucleotide content

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CODON; CODON USAGE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; LINEAR MODELS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 43149124638     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-007-0024-3     Document Type: Article

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