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Human codon usage

Chris Upton cupton at uvic.ca
Thu Sep 21 13:51:13 EST 2000


> >
> 
> Hi James:  it works well for yeast and e.coli but NOT for humans.
> Humans do not show increasing codon usage bias with gene expression
> levels.  Local G+C content variation seems to be the dominant factor in
> different usage of codons in human genes.
> 
> Des Higgins
> 
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Hi,
  Do you have any references for this observation?
I've always wondered about it....   you see many AT rich viruses
replicating very nicely in human cells!

Cheers,
  Chris Upton
-- 
Dept Biochemistry and Microbiology
University of Victoria
Victoria BC







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