Relationship between amino acid composition and gene expression in the mouse genome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Codon bias is a phenomenon that refers to the differences in the frequencies of synonymous codons among different genes. In many organisms, natural selection is considered to be a cause of codon bias because codon usage in highly exp...

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Main Authors: Misawa Kazuharu, Kikuno Reiko F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/20