The factors dictating the codon usage variation among the genes in the genome of Burkholderia pseudomallei

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1585-1592

  Zhao, Sheng ^a,b   Zhang, Qin ^a,b   Chen, Zhihua ^b   Zhong, Jincheng ^b  

^a JINGCHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243; Codon usage; Correspondence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MICROFLUIDICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BUSINESS MEDIA; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CODON USAGE BIAS; CODON USAGES; EXPRESSED GENES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MAJOR AXIS; MELIOIDOSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (MVSA); NUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITION; PROTEIN CODING GENES; SPRINGER (CO); TARGET GENES;

GENES;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 45849151352     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-007-9652-8     Document Type: Article

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