Effects of Codon Usage on Gene Expression: Empirical Studies on Drosophila

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 219-226

  Powell, Jeffrey R ^a   Dion, Kirstin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Drosophila; Gene expression; Translation

Indexed keywords

CODON; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CODON; DROSOPHILA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; DROSOPHILA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84937762904     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-015-9675-y     Document Type: Article

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