A persistent RNA·DNA hybrid formed by transcription of the Friedreich ataxia triplet repeat in live bacteria, and by T7 RNAP in vitro

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5351-5359

  Grabczyk, Ed ^a   Mancuso, Miriam ^a   Sammarco, Mimi C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BACTERIA; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 34548775695     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm589     Document Type: Article

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