Article
The theory of genotypic selection: predicting the direction of evolution as a consequence of G:U base pairing and the existence of non-pathogenic strains of HIV-1.
Biochemistry and molecular biology international - 1 Apr 1994
Pieczenik G
Abstract excerpt
One aspect of the Theory of Genotypic Selection states that G:U base pairs are selected for function and structure. RNA secondary structures stabilised by G:U base pairs are suggested to be involved in the evolution of attenuated strains of polio virus. Asymmetric mutations (C-->U and A-->G) and convergent evolutionary solutions are explained as a direct consequence of G:U base pairing. The possibility of a...
Topics
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Forecasting
- Genotype
- Guanine
- HIV-1
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Poliovirus