Functional control by codon bias in magnetic bacteria

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Sharma, Megha ^a   Hasija, Vivek ^a   Naresh, Mohit ^a   Mittal, Aditya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Codon evolution; Flagelia; Gene translation; Magnetic bacteria; Nano propellers; Nanomagnets; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAMMALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROPELLERS; PROTEINS; RNA;

CODON BIAS; CODON EVOLUTION; FLAGELIA; MAGNETIC BACTERIA; NANO-PROPELLERS; NANOMAGNETS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM MAGNETOTACTICUM; MAMMAL CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 62749133491     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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