Nonoverlapping clusters: Approximate distribution and application to molecular biology

Biometrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 420-426

  Su, Xiaoping ^a   Wallenstein, Sylvan ^a   Bishop, David ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Disease outbreaks; DNA sequence analysis; Erythroid; Promoters; Regulatory regions; Scan statistic; Space time clustering; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CLUSTERINGS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ERYTHROID; GENOMIC-SEQUENCE DATA; NONOVERLAPPING; PROMOTER; REGULATORY REGIONS; SCAN STATISTICS; SPACE TIME CLUSTERING;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035001796     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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