Evidence for codon bias selection at the pre-mRNA level in eukaryotes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 534-538

  Willie, Erik ^a   Majewski, Jacek ^a  

^a Rockefeller Univ 1230 York Ave N   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; CODON USAGE; DNA SPLICING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTE; EXON; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; XENOPUS LAEVIS; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4744355711     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.08.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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