Regulation of DNA replication by homopurine/homopyrimidine sequences

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Rao, B Sridhara ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; DNA replication; Homopurine; Homopyrimidine; Pausing; Triplex

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRIPLE HELIX;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0029875508     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00426339     Document Type: Article

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