The prediction of vertebrate promoter regions using differential hexamer frequency analysis

Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 391-398

  Hutchinson, G B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RabbitHutch Biotechnology Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VERTEBRATE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; MICROCOMPUTERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SOFTWARE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030461607     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/12.5.391     Document Type: Article

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