Characteristics of nucleotide substitution in the hepatitis C virus genome: Constraints on sequence change in coding regions at both ends of the genome

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-246

  Smith, Donald B ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon preference; Evolutionary rate; Functional constraints; Hepatitis C virus; RNA secondary structure; Synonymous substitutions; Transition bias; Virus origins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS GENOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030846785     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006226     Document Type: Article

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