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Descriptor English: Codon Usage
Descriptor Spanish: Uso de Codones
Descriptor uso de codones
Entry term(s) patrón de uso de codones
preferencia de codones
sesgo de codones
sesgo en el uso de codones
uso de codones sinónimos
Scope note: Frecuencia de aparición, en la secuencia de ADN de un organismo específico, de uno de varios posibles codones sinónimos que codifican un aminoácido concreto. A menudo existe un patrón no aleatorio (sesgo) en el uso de uno o varios codones concretos sobre otros codones sinónimos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Uso do Códon
Descriptor French: Usage des codons
Entry term(s): Codon Bias
Codon Preference
Codon Usage Bias
Codon Usage Pattern
Synonymous Codon Usage
Tree number(s): G05.360.335.355.113
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000081183
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Codon (1979-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59059
Unique ID: D000081183
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/07/05
Codon Usage - Preferred
Concept UI M000649839
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.
Preferred term Codon Usage
Entry term(s) Synonymous Codon Usage
Codon Bias - Narrower
Concept UI M000649840
Preferred term Codon Bias
Entry term(s) Codon Preference
Codon Usage Bias
Codon Usage Pattern



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