The effects of selection against spurious transcription factor binding sites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 901-906

  Hahn, Matthew W ^a   Stajich, Jason E ^a   Wray, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Motif bias; Natural selection; Promoters

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CODON; EUBACTERIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NES;

EID: 0038586484     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg096     Document Type: Article

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