Strand misalignments lead to quasipalindrome correction

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 365-369

  Van Noort, Vera ^a   Worning, Peder ^b   Ussery, David W ^b   Rosche, William A ^c   Sinden, Richard R ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALINDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUASIPALINDROME; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037677700     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00136-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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