Codon usage, amino acid usage, transfer RNA and amino-Acyl-tRNA synthetases in mimiviruses

Intervirology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 364-375

  Colson, Philippe ^a,b   Fournous, Ghislain ^a,b   Diene, Seydina M ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spp.; Amoeba; Codon bias; Codon usage; Marseilleviridae; Marseillevirus; Megavirales; Mimiviridae; Mimivirus; Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; THYMINE; TRANSFER RNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CODON USAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MIMIVIRUS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VIRUS GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENES, VIRAL; MIMIVIRIDAE; RNA, TRANSFER; STRAMENOPILES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; CAFETERIA ROENBERGENSIS; DNA VIRUSES; MIMIVIRUS; PROTISTA;

EID: 84887102718     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354557     Document Type: Article

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