Mean free energy topology for nucleotide sequences of varying composition based on secondary structure calculations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-140

  Dawson, Wayne K ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033592775     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.1018     Document Type: Article

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