Intracellular transcription of G-rich DNAs induces formation of G-loops, novel structures containing G4 DNA

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1618-1629

  Duquette, Michelle L ^a   Handa, Priya ^b   Vincent, Jack A ^b   Taylor, Andrew F ^c   Maizels, Nancy ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

G quartet; G tetraplex; Immunoglobulin switch region; Telomere transcription bubble

Indexed keywords

DNA; G4 DNA; GUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3042785608     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1200804     Document Type: Article

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