Methylation-dependent transition rates are dependent on local sequence lengths and genomic regions

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-25

  Zhao, Zhongming ^a   Jiang, Cizhong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CpG; GC content; Genomic regions; GpC; Mutation rate; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DEAMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METHYLATION;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA METHYLATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33845874371     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl156     Document Type: Article

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