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Codon Distributions in DNA

A. Som·S. Chattopadhyay·J. Chakrabarti·D. Bandyopadhyay
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The codons, sixtyfour in number, are distributed over the coding parts of DNA sequences. The distribution function is the plot of frequency-versus-rank of the codons. These distributions are characterised by parameters that are almost universal, i.e., gene independent. There is but a small part that depends on the gene. We present the theory to calculate the universal (gene-independent) part. The part that is gene-specific, however, has undetermined overlaps and fluctuations.

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A. Som, S. Chattopadhyay, J. Chakrabarti, D. Bandyopadhyay. 2001-02-09. Codon Distributions in DNA. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.63.051908

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