Variation in global codon usage bias among prokaryotic organisms is associated with their lifestyles

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Botzman, Maya ^a   Margalit, Hanah ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROKARYOTE; ADAPTATION; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

PROKARYOTA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80054957065     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-10-r109     Document Type: Article

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