Self-similar mitochondrial DNA

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-62

  Oiwa, Nestor N ^a,b   Glazier, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; DNA loops; DNA walk; Fractal; Large scale DNA analysis; Levy flight; Mitochondrial genome; Palindromes; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 24644455259     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/cbb:41:1:041     Document Type: Article

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