Measuring codon usage bias

Codon Evolution: Mechanisms and Models

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roth, Alexander ^a   Anisimova, Maria ^b   Cannarozzi, Gina M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Correlation; Mrna; Protein; Simulation; Statistical measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871326558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199601165.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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