GC content increased at CpG flanking positions of fish genes compared with sea squirt orthologs as a mechanism for reducing impact of DNA methylation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Yong ^a   Leung, Frederick C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE; CYTIDYLYL 3' 5' GUANOSINE; CYTIDYLYL-3'-5'-GUANOSINE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; SEA SQUIRT; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PUFFER FISH; UROCHORDATA; ZEBRA FISH;

ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAKIFUGU; UROCHORDATA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 56649124554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003612     Document Type: Article

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