RNA editing: A driving force for adaptive evolution?

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1137-1145

  Gommans, Willemijn M ^a   Mullen, Sean P ^a   Maas, Stefan ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; ADAR; Evolvability; Inosine; Phenotypic plasticity; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA EDITING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; RNA; RNA EDITING;

EID: 70349524975     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900045     Document Type: Article

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