GC-Profile: A web-based tool for visualizing and analyzing the variation of GC content in genomic sequences

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue WEB. SERV. ISS., 2006, Pages

  Gao, Feng ^a   Zhang, Chun Ting ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; ISOCHORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHICKEN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOMICS; GUANINE; INTERNET; ISOCHORES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33747858422     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl040     Document Type: Article

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