A study of oligonucleotide occurrence distributions in DNA coding segments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-469

  Castrignano T ^a   Colosimo, A ^b   Morante, S ^c   Parisi, V ^a   Rossi, G C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031581848     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0284     Document Type: Article

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