Why is the UAG (amber) stop codon almost absent in highly expressed bacterial genes?

Belin, Dominique; Puigbo, Pere

doi:10.3390/life12030431

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Why is the UAG (amber) stop codon almost absent in highly expressed bacterial genes?

ContributorsBelin, Dominique; Puigbo, Pere

Published inLife, vol. 12, no. 3, 431

Publication date2022-03-16

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de pathologie et immunologie

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BELIN, Dominique, PUIGBO, Pere. Why is the UAG (amber) stop codon almost absent in highly expressed bacterial genes? In: Life, 2022, vol. 12, n° 3, p. 431. doi: 10.3390/life12030431

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PID : unige:162495
DOI : 10.3390/life12030431
PMID : 35330182

Journal ISSN2075-1729

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