Modal codon usage: Assessing the typical codon usage of a genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 800-810

  Davis, James J ^a   Olsen, Gary J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon adaptation index; Correspondence analysis; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOME; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CODON; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPLICON;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CODON; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 77952314202     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp281     Document Type: Review

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