Determinants of substitution rates in mammalian genes: Expression pattern affects selection intensity but not mutation rate

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-74

  Duret, Laurent ^a   Mouchiroud, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Codon usage; DNA repair; Gene expression; Mammals; Noncoding regions; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUTATION RATE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; RAT; RETINA; SILENT GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033977618     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026239     Document Type: Article

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