Topoisomerase II-mediated DNA cleavage on the cruciform structure formed within the 5′ Upstream region of the human β-globin gene

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-430

  Lee, Gun Eui ^a   Kim, Jun Hyun ^a   Chung, In Kwon ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cruciform DNA; Etoposide; Negative Superhelicity; Non B DNA Structure; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GLOBIN; NUCLEASE S1; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENES; GLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PURINE NUCLEOTIDES; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032584844     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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