A genome-derived (gaa.ttc)24 trinucleotide block binds nuclear protein(s) specifically and forms triple helices

Gene

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 389-403

  Mäueler, Winfried ^a   Kyas, Andreas ^a   Keyl, Hans Günther ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA secondary structure; Human disease; Protein binding; Simple polypurine repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TRIPLE HELIX;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; PLASMIDS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0344447105     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00266-2     Document Type: Article

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