Substitution rate variation at human CpG sites correlates with non-CpG divergence, methylation level and GC content

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Mugal, Carina F ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA CONTENT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTATION RATE;

EID: 79959354681     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-r58     Document Type: Article

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