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ROSARIO NUNZIO MANTEGNA

Inverted Repeats in Viral Genomes

  • Authors: M SPANO; LILLO F; S MICCICHE; R N MANTEGNA
  • Publication year: 2005
  • Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/4891

Abstract

We investigate 738 complete genomes of viruses to detect the presence of short inverted repeats. The number of inverted repeats found is compared with the prediction obtained for a Bernoullian and for a Markovian control model. We find as a statistical regularity that the number of observed inverted repeats is often greater than the one expected in terms of a Bernoullian or Markovian model in several of the viruses and in almost all those with a genome longer than 30,000 bp.