Genomic distribution and functional analyses of potential G-quadruplex-forming sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-156

  Hershman, Steve G ^a   Chen, Qijun ^b   Lee, Julia Y ^b,c   Kozak, Marina L ^b   Yue, Peng ^b   Wang, Li San ^b   Johnson, F Brad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; HELICASE; HISTONE; MESOPORPHYRIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HISTONES; MESOPORPHYRINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GALLUS GALLUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 38349095525     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm986     Document Type: Article

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