Interaction in vitro of type III intermediate filament proteins with higher order structures of single-stranded DNA, particularly with G-quadruplex DNA

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-110

  Tolstonog, Genrich V ^a,b,f   Li, Guohong ^a,c   Shoeman, Robert L ^a,d   Traub, Peter ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DNA; DNA FORK; DNA Z; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; QUADRUPLEX DNA; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRIPLEX DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DESMIN; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENOME; GUANINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 13244256865     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2005.24.85     Document Type: Article

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