Reconciling the numbers: ESTs versus protein-coding genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1278-1282

  Nekrutenko, Anton ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genome analysis; ESTs; Human; Mouse; Protein coding genes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CODING GENE; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042682034     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh125     Document Type: Article

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