Optimal codon identities in bacteria: Implications from the conflicting results of two different methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Bin ^a   Shao, Zhu Qing ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a   Hang, Yue Yu ^b   Chen, Jian Qun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSFER RNA; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79960863042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022714     Document Type: Article

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