The 3-base periodicity and codon usage of coding sequences are correlated with gene expression at the level of transcription elongation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Trotta, Edoardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSFER RNA; VALINE;

3 BASE PERIODICITY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; YEAST; YEAST CELL; GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CODON; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959623238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021590     Document Type: Article

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