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Codon (nucleotide sequence)

Known as: Codon, Codon [Chemical/Ingredient], Codons 
A set of three nucleotides in a protein coding sequence that specifies individual amino acids or a termination signal (CODON, TERMINATOR). Most… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
A program for annotating and predicting the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms, SnpEff
We describe a new computer program, SnpEff, for rapidly categorizing the effects of variants in genome sequences. Once a genome… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Construction of Escherichia coli K-12 in-frame, single-gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection
We have systematically made a set of precisely defined, single‐gene deletions of all nonessential genes in Escherichia coli K‐12… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
PAL2NAL: robust conversion of protein sequence alignments into the corresponding codon alignments
PAL2NAL is a web server that constructs a multiple codon alignment from the corresponding aligned protein sequences. Such codon… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences
  • M. Kimura
  • Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • 2005
    • Corpus ID: 19528200
SummarySome simple formulae were obtained which enable us to estimate evolutionary distances in terms of the number of nucleotide… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
DnaSP, DNA polymorphism analyses by the coalescent and other methods
SUMMARY DnaSP is a software package for the analysis of DNA polymorphism data. Present version introduces several new modules and… Expand
Review
1997
Review
1997
p53, the Cellular Gatekeeper for Growth and Division
The author would like to thank Maureen Murphy, Stuart Lutzker, and Deborah Freedman for critical input and advice. The author… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A codon-based model of nucleotide substitution for protein-coding DNA sequences.
A codon-based model for the evolution of protein-coding DNA sequences is presented for use in phylogenetic estimation. A Markov… Expand
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Review
1991
Review
1991
p53 mutations in human cancers.
Mutations in the evolutionarily conserved codons of the p53 tumor suppressor gene are common in diverse types of human cancer… Expand
Review
1986
Review
1986
Point mutations define a sequence flanking the AUG initiator codon that modulates translation by eukaryotic ribosomes
By analyzing the effects of single base substitutions around the ATG initiator codon in a cloned preproinsulin gene, I have… Expand
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome
The complete sequence of the 16,569-base pair human mitochondrial genome is presented. The genes for the 12S and 16S rRNAs, 22… Expand
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