Human disease genes: Patterns and predictions

Gene

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 169-175

  Smith, Nick G C ^a   Eyre Walker, Adam ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutations; Human disease gene prediction; Nearly neutral theory; Nonsynonymous synonymous rate ratio; Protein function; Substitution rate variation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0242285634     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00772-8     Document Type: Article

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