Computational tools and algorithms for designing customized synthetic genes

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Gould, Nathan ^a   Hendy, Oliver ^a   Papamichail, Dimitris ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Codon context; Computational biology; Gene design; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; OPTIMIZATION;

CODON BIAS; CODON CONTEXT; CODON USAGE OPTIMIZATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION; PROTEIN CODING SEQUENCES; SEQUENCE OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

GENES;

EID: 85010276890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00041     Document Type: Review

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