A method for detecting positive selection at single amino acid sites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1315-1328

  Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multiple alignment; Negative selection; Nonsynonymous substitution; Phylogenetic tree; Positive selection; Synonymous substitution

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 0032849322     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026042     Document Type: Article

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