Fixation of deleterious mutations at critical positions in human proteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2687-2693

  Subramanian, Sankar ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

deleterious mutations; fixation; human evolution; natural selection; WGA and population genetics theory

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; RODENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION; PRIMATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052142484     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr097     Document Type: Article

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