The over-representation of binary DNA tracts in seven sequenced chromosomes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Yagil, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CONTIG; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; SPACER DNA; THYMINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; METHANOCOCCUS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2442665324     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-5-19     Document Type: Article

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