The universe of exons revisited

Genetica

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 267-278

  Saxonov, Serge ^a,b   Gilbert, Walter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACR; BLAST; Evolution; Exon; Gene structure; Intron

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; INTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037561113     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024142701533     Document Type: Review

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