Measuring the coding potential of genomic sequences through a combination of triplet occurrence patterns and RNY preference

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-316

  Nikolaou, Christoforos ^a   Almirantis, Yannis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coding potential; RNY preference; Triplet occurrence

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CODON; EUKARYOTE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALGORITHMS; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OPEN READING FRAMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4344570701     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2626-7     Document Type: Article

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