Genes and the physics of the DNA double-helix

Gene

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-150

  Yeramian, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Algorithmics; Evolution genomes; Helix coil transition; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sequence analyses; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; DUPLICATE GENE; EVOLUTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UNSTABLE DNA SEQUENCE; YEAST;

ALGORITHMS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYSICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034687143     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00301-2     Document Type: Article

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