Single molecule conformational analysis of DNA G-quadruplexes

Biochimie

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1197-1206

  Shirude, Pravin S ^a   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformations; DNA; G quadruplex; hTelo; Single molecule FRET

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONCOGENE C KIT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TELOMERE;

EID: 47649116805     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.01.015     Document Type: Review

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