Sequence complexity and DNA curvature

Computers and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 263-274

  Gabrielian, Andrei ^a   Bolshoy, Alexander ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complexity; DNA curvature; Linguistic analysis; Nucleotide composition

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOPLASMA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033563461     PISSN: 00978485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0097-8485(99)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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