Patterns in spontaneous mutation revealed by human-baboon sequence comparison

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 544-547

  Silva, Joana C ^a   Kondrashov, Alexey S ^b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0036844415     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02757-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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