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Genome-wide analysis of codon usage and influencing factors in chikungunya viruses.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Butt Azeem Mehmood, Nasrullah Izza, Tong Yigang
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus of the family Togaviridae that is transmitted to humans by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. Its genome comprises a 12 kb single-strand positive-sense RNA. In the present study, we report the patterns of synonymous codon usage in 141 CHIKV genomes by calculating several codon usage indices and applying multivariate statistical methods. Relative synonymous codon usage...
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