Synonymous codon selection in the hepatitis B virus translation initiation region

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 8955-8963

  Ma, M R ^a   Hui, L ^a   Wang, M L ^a   Tang, Y ^a   Chang, Y W ^a   Jia, Q H ^a   Yang, X P ^a   Wang, X H ^a   Ha, X Q ^a  

^a LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Mutation pressure; Synonymous codon usage value; Translation initiation region; Translation selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSLATION INITIATION REGION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; RNA TRANSLATION; SILENT MUTATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

CODON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; SILENT MUTATION;

EID: 84938877742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2015.August.7.4     Document Type: Article

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