TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonextensive statistical approach to non-coding human DNA
AU - Oikonomou, Th
AU - Provata, A.
AU - Tirnakli, U.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is partially supported by Ege University Research Fund under the research project 2006/BIL/026. The authors would like to thank Dr P. Katsaloulis and Professors E. Kanavakis and K. Trougkos for helpful discussions.
PY - 2008/4/15
Y1 - 2008/4/15
N2 - We use q-exponential distributions, which maximize the nonextensive entropy Sq (defined as Sq ≡ (1 - ∑i piq) / (q - 1)), to study the size distributions of non-coding DNA (including introns and intergenic regions) in all human chromosomes. We show that the value of the exponent q describing the non-coding size distributions is similar for all chromosomes and varies between 2 ≤ q ≤ 2.3 with the exception of chromosomes X and Y.
AB - We use q-exponential distributions, which maximize the nonextensive entropy Sq (defined as Sq ≡ (1 - ∑i piq) / (q - 1)), to study the size distributions of non-coding DNA (including introns and intergenic regions) in all human chromosomes. We show that the value of the exponent q describing the non-coding size distributions is similar for all chromosomes and varies between 2 ≤ q ≤ 2.3 with the exception of chromosomes X and Y.
KW - Classical statistical mechanics
KW - DNA
KW - RNA
KW - Structures and organization in complex systems
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physa.2007.11.051
DO - 10.1016/j.physa.2007.11.051
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:39549111048
VL - 387
SP - 2653
EP - 2659
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
SN - 0378-4371
IS - 11
ER -