Ambush hypothesis revisited: Evidences for phylogenetic trends

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Singh, Tiratha Raj ^a,b   Pardasani, Kamal Raj ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ambush hypothesis; Codon usage; Frame shifting; Hidden stops; Phylogenetic trends

Indexed keywords

AMBUSH HYPOTHESIS; CODON USAGE; FRAME-SHIFTING; HIDDEN STOPS; PHYLOGENETIC TRENDS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PHYLOGENY; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; CODON, TERMINATOR; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349131265     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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