An evolutionary approach reveals a high protein-coding capacity of the human genome

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 306-310

  Nekrutenko, Anton ^a   Chung, Wen Yu ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037866728     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00114-8     Document Type: Review

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