Comparative analysis of the base biases at the gene terminal portions in seven eukaryote genomes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5195-5201

  Niimura, Yoshihito ^b,c   Terabe, Mahito ^a   Gojobori, Takashi ^b   Miura, Kin Ichiro ^a  

^a Proteios Research Inc   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINO ACID; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PROTEOME; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; START CODON; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENOME; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344875226     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg701     Document Type: Article

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