Statistics of DNA sequences: A low-frequency analysis

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 5932-5937

  de Sousa Vieira, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMETRY; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRACTALS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033232146     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.5932     Document Type: Article

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