The relationship between base composition and codon usage in bacterial genes and its use for the simple and reliable identification of protein-coding sequences

Gene organization and primary structure of a ribosomal RNA operon from Escherichia coli

Jürgen Brosius, Thomas J. Dull, Donald D. Sleeter et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1981 · 1.7K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Correlation between the abundance of Escherichia coli transfer RNAs and the occurrence of the respective codons in its protein genes: A proposal for a synonymous codon choice that is optimal for the E. coli translational system

Toshimichi Ikemura · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1981 · 1.5K citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

Codon usage in bacteria: correlation with gene expressivity

Manolo Gouy, Christian Gautier · Nucleic Acids Research · 1982 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Codon catalog usage is a genome strategy modulated for gene expressivity

Richard Grantham, Christian Gautier, Manolo Gouy et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 1981 · 951 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +13

Nucleotide sequence and exact localization of the neomycin phosphotransferase gene from transposon Tn5

Ewald Beck, G. Ludwig, Ennes A. Auerswald et al. · Gene · 1982 · 935 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +4