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Codon usage biases of transposable elements and host nuclear genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa.
Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics - 1 Dec 2009
Jia Jia, Xue Qingzhong
Abstract excerpt
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic entities ubiquitously distributed in nearly all genomes. High frequency of codons ending in A/T in TEs has been previously observed in some species. In this study, the biases in nucleotide composition and codon usage of TE transposases and host nuclear genes were investigated in the AT-rich genome of Arabidopsis thaliana and the GC-rich genome of Oryza sativa. Codons...
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