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Trends in codon and amino acid usage in Thermotoga maritima.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 May 2002
Zavala Alejandro, Naya Hugo, Romero Héctor, Musto Héctor
Abstract excerpt
The usage of synonymous codons and the frequencies of amino acids were investigated in the complete genome of the bacterium Thermotoga maritima using a multivariate statistical approach. The GC3 content of each gene was the most prominent source of variation of codon usage. Surprisingly the usage of UGU and UGC (synonymous triplets coding for Cys, the least frequent amino acid in this species) was detected as the...
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