DNA strand biases and the mutational resilience of genes

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Suri, Andrew ^a   Brackley, Moyra ^a   Ford, Barry ^a   Glickman, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mutational resilience; Strand bias to mutation; Synonymous substitution; Transcription coupled DNA repair

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROBABILITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0032565565     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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