Biased codon usage in signal peptides: a role in protein export

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 146-150

  Zalucki, Yaramah M ^a,b   Beacham, Ifor R ^c   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P2; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RIBOSOME; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 63349088915     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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