CODON USAGE IN ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA

被引:15
作者
CHAR, S
FARTHING, MJG
机构
[1] Department of Gastroenterology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, West Smithfield
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA; CODON USAGE; PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM;
D O I
10.1016/S0020-7519(05)80017-7
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The codon usage of 10 E. histolytica genes comprising 4455 codons was analysed. The codon usage revealed an extremely biased use of synonymous codons with a preference for NNU (44%) and NNA (41.4%) codons. Codons CGG (arg), AGG (arg) and CCG (pro) were absent in the E. histolytica genes examined. The codon usage of E. histolytica resembled that of Plasmodium falciparum.
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页码:381 / 383
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