African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Evaluating codon bias perspective in barbiturase gene using multivariate analysis

Zarrin Basharat
  • Zarrin Basharat
  • Fatima Jinnah Women University, 46000, Pakistan
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  •  Received: 01 September 2013
  •  Accepted: 05 January 2014
  •  Published: 08 January 2014

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