Cross-species analysis of genic GC3 content and DNA methylation patterns

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1443-1456

  Tatarinova, Tatiana ^a   Elhaik, Eran ^b   Pellegrini, Matteo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Arabidopsis thaliana; DNA methylation; Gene expression; Grasses; Homeotherms; Homo sapiens; Oryza sativa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; PLANT GENE; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; APIS MELLIFERA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; GC3; HOMEOTHERMS; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE COMPOSITION; BEES; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DNA METHYLATION; GC3; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASSES; HOMEOTHERMS; HOMO SAPIENS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84891655850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt103     Document Type: Article

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