Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96 , Pages S15-S20 , April 2002

DNA thermodynamic pressure: a potential contributor to genome evolution

  • Mirko J. Zimic

      Affiliations

    • Division de Bioquímicay Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
    • ,
  • Daniel Guerra

      Affiliations

    • Division de Bioquímicay Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
    • ,
  • Jorge Arévalo

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jorge Arevalo, Laboratorio de Bioquimica, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Avenida Honorio Delgado 430, Lima 31, Perú; fax +51 126 40535.
    • Division de Bioquímicay Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
    • Instituto de Medicina Tropical ‘Alexander von Humboldt,’ Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96 , Pages S15-S20 , April 2002

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