Isochores and the regulation of gene expression in the human genome

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1080-1089

  Arhondakis, Stilianos ^a   Auletta, Fabio ^b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^b,c  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c Rome 3 University   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dinucleotides; Nucleosome positioning; Promoters; Trinucleotides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN GENOME; ISOCHORE; NUCLEOSOME;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; ISOCHORES; NUCLEOSOMES;

EID: 84856143527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr017     Document Type: Article

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