Short-range order in two eukaryotic genomes: Relation to chromosome structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 579-588

  Widom, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Dinucleotides; Fourier transform; Genomic DNA sequence; Nucleosome

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROKARYOTE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030596486     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0341     Document Type: Editorial

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