Compositional correlations in canine genome reflects similarity with human genes

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-246

  Joy, Faustin ^a   Basak, Surajit ^b   Gupta, Sanjib Kumar ^b   Das, Pranab Jyoti ^a   Ghosh, Shankar Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Tapash Chandra ^b  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Canine genome; Compositional correlations; Exon; Flanking region; GC content; Gene distribution; Intron

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33744949757     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: 12258687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2006.39.3.240     Document Type: Article

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