Analysis of synonymous codon usage in Zea mays

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 677-684

  Liu, Hanmei ^a   He, Rui ^a   Zhang, Huaiyu ^a   Huang, Yubi ^a   Tian, Mengliang ^a   Zhang, Junjie ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Correspondence analysis; Maize; Optimal codons

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTIDINE; GUANIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; BIOLOGY; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ZEA MAYS;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC CODE; GENOME, PLANT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950901402     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9521-7     Document Type: Article

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