Four-stranded DNA: Cancer, gene regulation and drug development

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1861, 2007, Pages 2969-2984

  Huppert, Julian Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Four stranded; G quadruplex; Gene; Ligand; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; LIGANDS; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTI-CANCER AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA APTAMERS; DOUBLE HELIX; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; FOUR-STRANDED; G-QUADRUPLEX STRUCTURE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE PROMOTER; REGULATION; STABILITY PREDICTION; STRUCTURAL FORM;

DNA SEQUENCES;

CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 38449116978     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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