High DNA melting temperature predicts transcription start site location in human and mouse

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7360-7367

  Dineen, David G ^a   Wilm, Andreas ^a   Cunningham, Pádraig ^a   Higgins, Desmond G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAD50 PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA DENATURATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MACHINE LEARNING; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 75649113769     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp821     Document Type: Article

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