The level of cytosine is usually much higher than the level of guanine in two-fold degenerated sites from third codon positions of genes from Simplex- and Varicelloviruses with G+C higher than 50%

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-98

  Khrustalev, Vladislav Victorovich ^a   Barkovsky, Eugene Victorovich ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

8 oxo G; Alphaherpesviruses; Amino acid replacements; Mutational pressure; Two fold degenerated sites

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

AMINO ACID; GENE; MUTATION; VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLOVIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 77954058429     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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