Sequence specificity in CpG mutation hotspots
(1996) In FEBS Letters 396(2-3). p.119-122- Abstract
- CpG dinucleotides are efficiently methylated in vertebrate genomes except in the CpG islands having a high C+G content. Methylated CpGs are the single most mutated dinucleotide. Sequences surrounding disease causing CpG mutation sites were analyzed from locus-specific mutation databases. Both tetra- and heptanucleotide analyses indicated clear overall sequence preference for having pyrimidines 5' and purines 3' to the mutated 5-methylcytosine. The most mutated tetranucleotides are TCGA and TCGG, the former being also a frequent restriction and modification site. The results will help in elucidating the still controversial mutation mechanism of CpG doublets.
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- author
- Ollila, J ; Lappalainen, I and Vihinen, Mauno LU
- publishing date
- 1996
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- CpG dinucleotide, CpG suppression, DNA methylation, human mutation, database
- in
- FEBS Letters
- volume
- 396
- issue
- 2-3
- pages
- 119 - 122
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- wos:A1996VT12700002
- scopus:0030569351
- ISSN
- 1873-3468
- DOI
- 10.1016/0014-5793(96)01075-7
- language
- English
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- id
- 8a871ad9-3cfb-40a8-960e-93f81985902a (old id 3852924)
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