Non-random arrangement of synonymous codons in archaea coding sequences

Genomics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 362-367

  Zhang, Yan Mei ^a   Shao, Zhu Qing ^a   Yang, Le Tian ^a   Sun, Xiao Qin ^b   Mao, Ya Fei ^a   Chen, Jian Qun ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeal genes; Codon; Genetic selection; MRNA translation; Regulation of gene expression

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNONYMOUS CODON;

CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84877927738     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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