Synonymous codon usage analysis of the mycobacteriophage Bxz1 and its plating bacteria M. smegmatis: Identification of highly and lowly expressed genes of Bxz1 and the possible function of its tRNA species

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-492

  Sahu, Keya ^b   Gupta, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Tapash Chandra ^a   Sau, Subrata ^c  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Sadhan Apartment   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Multivariate analysis; Mycobacteriophage Bxz1; Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CODON USAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE BXZ1; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 4444239271     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2004.37.4.487     Document Type: Article

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