A statistical approach for analyzing structural and regulative information in prokaryotic genomes

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Paparcone, Raffaella ^a   Morosetti, Stefano ^a   Scipioni, Anita ^a   De Santis, Pasquale ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aminoacid frequency and GC content in prokaryotes; Curvature and flexibility in gene sequences; Genetic code and regulative information; Statistical approach in prokaryotic genomes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PURINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROKARYOTIC CELL; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; GENOMICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 32844462138     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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