The rate of CpG mutation in Alu repetitive elements within the p53 tumor suppressor gene in the primate germline

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-250

  Yang, Allen S ^a   Gonzalgo, Mark L ^a   Zingg, Jean Marc ^a   Millar, Robert P ^c   Buckley, Jonathan D ^b   Jones, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alu element; DNA methylation; DNA mutation; p53; Primate evolution

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; PROTEIN P53; THYMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEAMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0029927415     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0246     Document Type: Article

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