Silent DNA: Speaking RNA language?

Bioinformatics

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2167-2170

  Vinogradov, Alexander E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; PROTEIN; RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; THERMOSTABILITY;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344943249     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg320     Document Type: Article

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