Exploring the common molecular basis for the universal DNA mutation bias: Revival of Löwdin mutation model

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-371

  Fu, Liang Yu ^a   Wang, Guang Zhong ^b   Ma, Bin Guang ^a   Zhang, Hong Yu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CpG hypermutation; L wdin model; Mutation; Oxidative damage; UV radiation damage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CPG ISLAND; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROTONS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 79958192746     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.017     Document Type: Short Survey

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