The rates of G:C-->T:A and G:C-->C:G transversions at CpG dinucleotides in the human factor IX gene.
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Vol. 54 (5), 831-5
Abstract
We have identified eight independent transversions at CpG in 290 consecutive families with hemophilia B. These eight transversions account for 16.3% of all independent transversions in our sample, yet the expected frequency of CpG transversions at random in the factor IX gene is only 2.6% (P < .01). The aggregate data suggest that the two types of CpG transversions (G:C-->T:A and G:C-->C:G) possess similar mutation rates (24.8 x 10(-10) and 20.6 x 10(-10), respectively), which are about fivefold greater than the comparable rates for transversions at non-CpG dinucleotides. The enhancement of transversions at CpG suggests that the model by which mutations occur at CpG may need to be reevaluated. The relationship, if any, between deamination of 5-methyl cytosine and enhancement of transversions at CpG remains to be defined.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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