Universal function-specificity of codon usage
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Universal function-specificity of codon usage
Synonymous codon usage has long been known as a factor that affects average expression level of proteins in fast-growing microorganisms, but neither its role in dynamic changes of expression in response to environmental changes nor selective factors shaping it in the genomes of higher eukaryotes have been fully understood. Here, we propose that codon usage is ubiquitously selected to synchroniz...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1362-4962,0305-1048
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp792