The universal dinucleotide asymmetry rules in DNA and the amino acid codon choice.

Journal of molecular evolution ·Vol. 17 ·No. 4 ·1981-00-00 ·Pages 237-44

Nussinov R

Abstract

Natural DNA sequences were recently found to contain distinct nearest neighbor patterns. Hetero-dinucleotides were demonstrated to appear consistently more (less) than their mirror-image counterparts. This paper shows that this asymmetric behavior does not stem from the coding requirements of the DNA. It also shows some codon patterns in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes which came up in the course of this work.

MeSH Terms

Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Codon Coliphages/genetics DNA/genetics Dinucleoside Phosphates Escherichia coli/genetics Genes Genetic Code Nucleosides Oligonucleotides Plasmids RNA, Messenger Species Specificity Viruses/genetics

Chemicals

Codon Dinucleoside Phosphates Nucleosides Oligonucleotides RNA, Messenger DNA

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Nussinov R

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of molecular evolution

Abbr.

J Mol Evol

ISSN

0022-2844

DOI

10.1007/BF01732761

Published

1981-00-00

Pages

237-44

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

0360051

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