Simple repeat evolution includes dramatic primary sequence changes that conserve folding potential

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 619-625

  Riley, Donald E ^a,b   Jeon, Joon Seong ^c   Krieger, John N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Evolution; Microsatellites; Non coding sequences; Secondary structure preservation; Short tandem repeats; Simple repeats; STR replacements; UTRs

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RODENT; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

HOMO SAPIENS; MUS MUSCULUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33847371265     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.01.200     Document Type: Article

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