The universal trend of amino acid gain-loss is caused by CpG hypermutability

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-342

  Misawa, Kazuharu ^a,b   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^c   Kikuno, Reiko F ^d  

^a Chiba Industry Advancement Center   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CpG hypermutability; Gain and loss of amino acids; Rates of molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CODON; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 54349113268     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9141-1     Document Type: Article

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