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Table 3 Compared codon usage of the free-standing ORFs and conserved protein-coding genes in Oedogonium cpDNA

From: Chloroplast DNA sequence of the green alga Oedogonium cardiacum (Chlorophyceae): Unique genome architecture, derived characters shared with the Chaetophorales and novel genes acquired through horizontal transfer

 

G+C content in codons (%)

 

ORF

First position

Second position

Third position

CAI

orf485

38.5

29.8

14.4

0.686

orf512/int

48.0

34.3

32.9

0.465

orf538/dpoB

33.8

26.4

16.0

0.682

orf1252

19.0

17.6

13.3

0.733

Protein-coding genes a

36.5

30.6

14.8

0.723

  1. a Average values obtained from the 68 conserved protein-coding genes.
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BMC Genomics

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