Synonymous codon ordering: A subtle but prevalent strategy of bacteria to improve translational efficiency

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Shao, Zhu Qing ^a   Zhang, Yan Mei ^a   Feng, Xue Ying ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Chen, Jian Qun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; RNA TRANSLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863281523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033547     Document Type: Article

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