The gene distribution of the human genome

Gene

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Zoubak, Serguei ^a,b   Clay, Oliver ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Isochores; Physical and genetic mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030603239     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00393-9     Document Type: Article

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