A gradient in the distribution of introns in eukaryotic genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Ruvinsky, A ^a   Ward, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric exons; Eukaryotic genes; Genomes; Intron phase distribution

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXONS; GENES; GENETIC STRUCTURES; HUMANS; INTRONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 33745612963     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0261-6     Document Type: Article

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