Translation efficiencies of synonymous codons for arginine differ dramatically and are not correlated with codon usage in chloroplasts

Gene

Volumn 472, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-54

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

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon optimization; In vitro translation; MRNA; Tobacco; TRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CODON USAGE; CYTOSOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA TRANSLATION; TOBACCO;

ARGININE; CHLOROPLASTS; CODON; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78650809400     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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