Patterns of evolution and host gene mimicry in influenza and other RNA viruses.

It is well known that the dinucleotide CpG is under-represented in the genomic DNA of many vertebrates. This is commonly thought to be due to the methylation of cytosine residues in this dinucleotide and the corresponding high rate of deamination of 5-methycytosine, which lowers the frequency of thi...

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Main Authors: Benjamin D Greenbaum, Arnold J Levine, Gyan Bhanot, Raul Rabadan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2390760?pdf=render