The evolution of invertebrate gene body methylation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1907-1916

  Sarda, Shrutii ^a   Zeng, Jia ^a   Hunt, Brendan G ^a   Yi, Soojin V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

functional enrichment; gene body methylation; gene length; sequence evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TARGETING; HONEYBEE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REPRODUCTION; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILKWORM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INVERTEBRATES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864659030     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss062     Document Type: Article

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