1998/12/22 by L. Frappat, A. Sciarrino, P. Sorba · 12 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Basis (linear algebra) #Biology #Code (set theory) #Codon usage bias #Computer science #DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry #Gene #Genetic code #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Physics #Programming language #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms #Series (stratigraphy) #Statistical physics #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #physics.bio-ph #q-bio
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(99)00418-1
published in Physics Letters A 259(5), 339-348 (Elsevier BV) · 6 figures, document
arxiv created 1998/12/22 · openalex publication_date 1999/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The ratios of the codon usage in the quartets and sextets for the vertebrate series exhibit a correlated behaviour which fits naturally in the framework of the crystal basis model of the genetic code. Moreover the observed universal behaviour of these suitably normalized ratios can be easily explained.