Chargaff difference analysis of the bithorax complex of Drosophila melanogaster

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Dang, Kha D ^a   Dutt, Previn B ^a   Forsdyke, Donald R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base clusters; Base ratios; Chargaff's second parity rule; Open reading frames; Stem loops; Transcription direction

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA STRAND; DNA TEMPLATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032450341     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/bcb-76-1-129     Document Type: Article

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