Comparative Genomic Study Reveals a Transition from TA Richness in Invertebrates to GC Richness in Vertebrates at CpG Flanking Sites: An Indication for Context-Dependent Mutagenicity of Methylated CpG Sites

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 144-154

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CpG deficiency; DNA methylation; GC content; invertebrate genomes

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BEE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEAMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PUFFER FISH; SEA URCHIN; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; ISOCHORES; MUTATION; VERTEBRATES;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 62949240195     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-0229(09)60002-4     Document Type: Article

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