Characterization of synonymous codon usage bias in the duck plague virus UL35 gene

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 266-278

  Cai, Ming Sheng ^a   Cheng, An Chun ^a,b   Wang, Ming Shu ^a,b,c   Zhao, Li Chan ^a   Zhu, De Kang ^a,b   Luo, Qi Hui ^b   Liu, Fei ^b   Chen, Xiao Yue ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Human Health of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Duck plague virus; UL35 gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON USAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PESTIVIRUS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; DNA, VIRAL; DUCKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HERPESVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANATID HERPESVIRUS 1; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 68349101965     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000231992     Document Type: Article

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