Selection of synonymous codons for better expression of recombinant proteins in tobacco chloroplasts

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Nakamura, Masayuki ^a   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Codon usage; Synonymous codon; Tobacco; Translation efficiency

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 66649083782     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.26.53     Document Type: Article

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