Structures, folding patterns, and functions of intramolecular DNA G-quadruplexes found in eukaryotic promoter regions

Biochimie

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1149-1171

  Qin, Yong ^a   Hurley, Laurence H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

G quadruplex; Promoter element; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PROTEIN BCL 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ONCOGENE C MYC; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 47849105417     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.02.020     Document Type: Review

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