Solution structure of the biologically relevant G-quadruplex element in the human c-MYC promoter. Implications for G-quadruplex stabilization

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2048-2058

  Ambrus, Attila ^a   Chen, Ding ^a   Dai, Jixun ^a   Jones, Roger A ^b   Yang, Danzhou ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

GENE EXPRESSIONS; NUCLEASE HYPERSENSITIVITY; ONCOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DNA; GUANINE; PURINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; G QUADRUPLEX ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEASE HYPERSENSITIVITY ELEMENT III1; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SILENCER ELEMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; DNA; GENES, MYC; GUANINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTONS; RNA CAPS; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; THIONUCLEOTIDES; THYMINE;

EID: 13644267721     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048242p     Document Type: Article

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