High statistics black entropy measures of DNA sequences

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Liò, Pietro ^b   Politi, Antonio ^b   Buiatti, Marcello ^b   Ruffo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTROPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRUS; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030596404     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0091     Document Type: Article

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