TY - JOUR AU - Seward, Emily A. AU - Kelly, Steven PY - 2016 DA - 2016/11/15 TI - Dietary nitrogen alters codon bias and genome composition in parasitic microorganisms JO - Genome Biology SP - 226 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Genomes are composed of long strings of nucleotide monomers (A, C, G and T) that are either scavenged from the organism’s environment or built from metabolic precursors. The biosynthesis of each nucleotide differs in atomic requirements with different nucleotides requiring different quantities of nitrogen atoms. However, the impact of the relative availability of dietary nitrogen on genome composition and codon bias is poorly understood. SN - 1474-760X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1087-9 DO - 10.1186/s13059-016-1087-9 ID - Seward2016 ER -