Confounded cytosine! Tinkering and the evolution of DNA

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-151

  Poole, Anthony ^a   Penny, David ^a   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

CYTOSINE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

EID: 0035260633     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35052091     Document Type: Review

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