The effects of the synonymous codon usage and tRNA abundance on protein folding of the 3C protease of foot-and-mouth disease virus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 270-274

  Zhou, Jian Hua ^a   You, Ya Nan ^a   Chen, Hao Tai ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Ma, Li Na ^a   Ding, Yao Zhong ^a   Pejsak, Zygmunt ^b   Liu, Yong Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

3C protease; Folding unit; Foot and mouth disease virus; Synonymous codon usage; Translation speed; TRNA abundance

Indexed keywords

3C PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3C GENE; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CODON USAGE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; TRANSLATION SPEED;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA, TRANSFER; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84877810266     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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