Differential codon usage: a safeguard against inappropriate expression of specialized genes?

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(95)00185-c

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Differential codon usage: a safeguard against inappropriate expression of specialized genes?

FEBS letters - 27 Mar 1995

Saier M H

Abstract excerpt

Recent work has suggested that rare codons are sometimes used for the regulation of specialized gene expression in bacteria. Moreover, the cellular levels of certain tRNAs may fluctuate with growth conditions. Evidence implicating such mechanisms in the control of photosynthesis in Rhodobacter, s...

Topics

Bacteria
Clostridium
Codon
Escherichia coli
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Phenotype
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Transfer
Rhodobacter
Streptomyces

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