Synonymous codon usage pattern in glycoprotein gene of rabies virus

Gene

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-6

  Morla, Sudhir ^a   Makhija, Aditi ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Aliphaticity; Aromaticity; Evolution; Mutational pressure; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; VALINE; CODON; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; RELATIVE SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; SYNONYMOUS CODON USAGE; ANIMAL; CODON; GENETICS; HUMAN; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; CODON; GENES, VIRAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; RABIES VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84961958204     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.02.047     Document Type: Article

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