Analysis of Codon Usage Patterns in Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense through Expressed Sequence Tag Data

Table 2

Overall codon usage of Alexandrium tamarense CCMP 1598 genes. AA: amino acid; N: the number of codons. The preferentially used codons for each amino acid are displayed in bold.

AA	Codon	N	RSCU	AA	Codon	N	RSCU
Ala	GCU	10137	0.61	Ile	AUU	4320	0.60
	GCC	24014	1.45		AUC	15296	2.15
	GCA	12455	0.75		AUA	1764	0.25
	GCG	19668	1.19	Thr	ACU	3820	0.55
Gly	GGU	6589	0.52		ACC	9325	1.35
	GGC	28815	2.28		ACA	4071	0.59
	GGA	5724	0.45		ACG	10460	1.51
	GGG	9391	0.75	Asn	AAU	3336	0.44
Val	GUU	4886	0.47		AAC	11992	1.56
	GUC	15337	1.46	Lys	AAA	3143	0.20
	GUA	1760	0.17		AAG	28292	1.80
	GUG	19933	1.90	Tyr	UAU	2544	0.38
Phe	UUU	4949	0.46		UAC	10814	1.62
	UUC	16637	1.54	Cys	UGU	1939	0.32
Leu	UUA	607	0.06		UGC	10191	1.68
	UUG	9058	0.95	Asp	GAU	8318	0.50
	CUU	6427	0.67		GAC	24990	1.50
	CUC	17960	1.88	Glu	GAA	5918	0.27
	CUA	1143	0.12		GAG	37809	1.73
	CUG	22200	2.32	His	CAU	3460	0.49
Pro	CCU	5738	0.70		CAC	10620	1.51
	CCC	10406	1.26	Gln	CAA	3321	0.27
	CCA	6064	0.74		CAG	21528	1.73
	CCG	10677	1.30	Arg	CGU	3247	0.48
Ser	UCU	3832	0.59		CGC	13515	1.98
	UCC	9749	1.49		CGA	3447	0.51
	UCA	3167	0.49		CGG	9678	1.42
	UCG	7423	1.14		AGA	2479	0.36
	AGU	2706	0.42		AGG	8501	1.25
	AGC	12156	1.87