Striking properties of duplicating DNA molecules. A Markov chain model demonstrates the convergence of amplified molecules to regular series of multiples of 2

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 322, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 455-459

  Tiuryn, Jerzy ^a   Radomski, Jan P ^b   Slonimski, Piotr P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

DNA duplication; Markov chain; Regular series of DNA repeats; Singular properties; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0033150090     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)80094-8     Document Type: Article

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