Cytosine deamination plays a primary role in the evolution of mammalian isochores

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1371-1383

  Fryxell, Karl J ^a   Zuckerkandl, Emile ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine deamination; Computational molecular biology; Cytosine deamination; Homeothermy; Isochore evolution; Mammalian genes

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DEAMINATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMAN; ISOCHORE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK;

EID: 0033858879     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026420     Document Type: Article

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