Body-methylated genes in arabidopsis thaliana are functionally important and evolve slowly

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-227

  Takuno, Shohei ^a   Gaut, Brandon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene essentiality; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DNA BASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, PLANT; NUCLEOSOMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861062626     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr188     Document Type: Article

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