To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question
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... usage bias in Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
Read more about plasmids in our Plasmids 101 blog series...that encode 20 amino acids and three stop codons, meaning that the same amino acid can be encoded by more...this variation in tRNA expression, the codons that encode a protein may affect the rate of translation and...(A) The codon wheel depicts the 64 codons that encodes the 20 amino acids and three stop codons. (B) Example...different organisms. There are several codons that encode the same amino acid. Each organism, however, may...addition codon optimization could remove information encoded in the primary sequence of a particular gene which...Reference
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