An unusual 500,000 bases long oscillation of guanine and cytosine content in human chromosome 21

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 393-399

  Li, Wentian ^a   Holste, Dirk ^b  

^a Institute for Medical Research at North Shore LIJ   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosine; Guanine; Human chromosome 21

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CYTOLOGY; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HUMAN CHROMOSOME 21; PROKARYOTE PROTEINS;

CHROMOSOMES;

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME 21; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; HUMANS;

EID: 9544230697     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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