GC3 of genes can be used as a proxy for isochore base composition: A reply to Elhaik et al.

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-23

  Clay, Oliver K ^a,b,c   Bernardi, Giorgio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d Rome 3 University   (Italy)

Author keywords

chromatin; GC level; GC3; genome composition; isochores; long range correlations

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; ISOCHORE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; ISOCHORES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650460796     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq222     Document Type: Review

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