The role of the genetic code in generating new coding sequences inside existing genes

BioSystems

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-176

  Cebrat, Stanisław ^a   MacKiewicz, Paweł ^a   Dudek, Mirosław R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antisense; Gene evolution; Genetic code; Overlapping reading frame; Yeast genome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME;

EID: 0031911710     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(97)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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