Linguistics of nucleotide sequences: morphology and comparison of vocabularies
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serval:BIB_F530D2602781
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Linguistics of nucleotide sequences: morphology and comparison of vocabularies
Journal
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
ISSN
0739-1102 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/1986
Volume
4
Number
1
Pages
11-21
Notes
Comparative Study
Journal Article --- Old month value: Aug
Journal Article --- Old month value: Aug
Abstract
The concept of "words" in continuous languages devoid of blanks is introduced and an operational definition of words given. With this novel concept nucleotide sequences become object for linguistic analysis. The typical word size of the nucleotide language is found to be 3 to 5 (tri- to pentamers). Different genomes have distinct vocabularies. Comparison of these vocabularies can serve as a basis for revealing functional and evolutionary relatedness of sequences.
Keywords
Bacteriophages/genetics
*Base Sequence
*DNA/genetics
Escherichia coli/genetics
*Genetic Code
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Web of science
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