Using analytical ultracentrifugation to study compositional variation in vertebrate genomes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 418-426

  Clay, Oliver ^a   Douady, Christophe J ^a,b,d   Carels, Nicolas ^a,e   Hughes, Sandrine ^a,c   Bucciarelli, Giuseppe ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Base composition; Density gradients; Isochores; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CESIUM CHLORIDE; CYTOSINE; DNA FRAGMENT; GUANINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY GRADIENT; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HISTOGRAM; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CYSTINE; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; GUANIDINE; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041357134     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0294-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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