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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
An Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanism for Controlling the Efficiency of Protein Translation
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A Putative Ca2+ and Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Required for Bacterial and Fungal Symbioses
Legumes can enter into symbiotic relationships with both nitrogen-fixing bacteria (rhizobia) and mycorrhizal fungi. Nodulation by… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Tobacco smoke carcinogens, DNA damage and p53 mutations in smoking-associated cancers
It is estimated that cigarette smoking kills over 1 000 000 people each year by causing lung cancer as well as many other… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mutations in SPINK5, encoding a serine protease inhibitor, cause Netherton syndrome
We describe here eleven different mutations in SPINK5, encoding the serine protease inhibitor LEKTI, in 13 families with… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Regulation of angiogenesis via vascular endothelial growth factor receptors.
Endothelial cell signal transduction mechanisms involved in angiogenesis have come into focus in cancer research when it was… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
PAX6 gene dosage effect in a family with congenital cataracts, aniridia, anophthalmia and central nervous system defects
The human eye malformation aniridia results from haploinsufficiency of PAX6, a paired box DNA–binding protein. To study this… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Structural features in eukaryotic mRNAs that modulate the initiation of translation.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Influences of mRNA secondary structure on initiation by eukaryotic ribosomes.
Oligonucleotides designed to create hairpin structures were inserted upstream from the ATG initiator codon in several plasmids… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The mosaic genome of warm-blooded vertebrates.
Most of the nuclear genome of warm-blooded vertebrates is a mosaic of very long (much greater than 200 kilobases) DNA segments… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Codon catalog usage is a genome strategy modulated for gene expressivity
The nucleic acid sequence bank now contains 161 mRNAs, 43 new genes are added. One sequence, that of B. mori fibroin, is dropped… 
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