Large-scale analysis of conserved rare codon clusters suggests an involvement in co-translational molecular recognition events

Bioinformatics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1438-1445

  Chartier, Matthieu ^a   Gaudreault, Francis ^a   Najmanovich, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861750664     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts149     Document Type: Article

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