Variations of the mononucleotide and short oligonucleotide distributions in the genomes of various organisms

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-156

  Häring, David ^a   Kypr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033592774     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.1019     Document Type: Article

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