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... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > RNA > RNA, Messenger > Codon > Codon Usage
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > Genes > Gene Components > Codon > Codon Usage
Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genetic Code > Codon > Codon Usage

Preferred term

Codon Usage  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Synonymous Codon Usage

Scope note

  • The frequency of occurrence, in a specific organism's DNA sequence, of one of several potential synonymous codons that code for a particular amino acid. Frequently, there is a nonrandom pattern (bias) in the usage of a particular codon or codons over other synonymous codons.

History note

  • 2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000081183

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