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. 2007 Dec 12;104(51):20274–20279. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710183104

Table 2.

Surface-exposed sites are under significantly less evolutionary constraint than buried sites

Sites Exposed Buried
dN/dS 0.49 0.35

The dN/dS ratio is shown for sites with an average relative surface exposure [calculated by SABLE (42)] of >70% (exposed sites) and <50% (buried sites). Italics indicates significant differences.