Analysis of donor splice sites in different eukaryotic organisms

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-59

  Rogozin, Igor B ^a   Milanesi, Luciano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Classification; Correlating positions; Donor splice site; Functional site

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS SP.; ASPERGILLUS SP.; CAENORHABDITIS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; SACCHAROMYCES SP.;

EID: 0030787856     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006200     Document Type: Article

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