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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The development of nearest-neighbor analysis led to the finding that the frequency of the dinucleotide CpG is markedly depressed in vertebrates. One explanation of this suppression is that methylation of CpG found in vertebrates represents a mutational hot spot through deamination of methylcytidine to thymidine. We have examined the role of methylated CpG as a factor in CpG suppression by comparing CpG distributions in coding regions of 121 genes from six species, three with methylated DNA and three with nonmethylated DNA. Overall base composition shows that all species exhibit CpG suppression, with the methylated forms showing significantly greater suppression than nonmethylated forms. When the data are analyzed by CpG position, the mean values of the methylated forms exhibit greater suppression than nonmethylated forms at positions I-II and II-III, but there is considerable overlap of suppression scores for individual species. At position III-I, CpG suppression is marked in all methylated species, and it is reversed in all nonmethylated species. Our analysis supports the hypothesis that CpG patterns at positions II-III and III-I in methylated forms are affected by mutation acting through deamination of methylcytidine to thymidine. We speculate that the excess of CpGs at position III-I in nonmethylated forms may be related to a requirement for minimal thermal stability of the DNA.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
957-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of CpG suppression in methylated and nonmethylated species.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't