The RCDI server is a web-application that calculates the Relative Codon Deoptimization Index (RCDI) and an expected value of the RCDI for a set of query sequences by generating random sequences with similar G+C content and amino acid composition to the input. This expected RCDI therefore provides a direct threshold value for discerning whether the differences in the RCDI value are statistically significant and arise from the codon preferences or whether they are merely artifacts that arise from internal biases in the G+C composition and/or amino acid composition of the query sequences. Please, click here to get a quick tutorial.
HOW TO CITE: Puigbo P, Aragones L and Garcia-Vallve S. (2010) RCDI/eRCDI: a web-server to estimate codon usage deoptimization. BMC Research Notes,3:87.
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