The human genomic melting map

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 0874-0886

  Liu, Fang ^a,b   Tøstesen, Eivind ^a   Sundet, Jostein K ^c   Jenssen, Tor Kristian ^b   Bock, Christoph ^d   Jerstad, Geir Ivar ^a   Thilly, William G ^e   Hovig, Eivind ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b PubGene AS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES;

CELLULAR FUNCTION; CHANGING STRUCTURES; COOPERATIVITY; DNA REPLICATIONS; DNA STRANDS; DNA-REPAIR; DOUBLE-STRANDED HELICES; HUMAN GENOMES; HUMAN GENOMICS; LIVING CELL;

MELTING;

SINGLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN GENOME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249723701     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030093     Document Type: Article

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