Relative deficiency in CpG dinucleotides is a widespread but not unique feature of Gammaherpesvirinae genomes

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 349-357

  Takács, Mária ^a   Segesdi, Judit ^a   Balog, Katalins ^a   Mezei, Mária ^a   Tóth, Gábor ^b   Minárovits, János ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CpG deficiency; DNA methylation; Epstein Barr virus; Herpesvirus genomes

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; VIRUS GENOME;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMALS; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, VIRAL; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0035756249     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.48.2001.3-4.7     Document Type: Article

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