G-quadruplex structures: in vivo evidence and function

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 414-422

  Lipps, Hans J ^a   Rhodes, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HISTONE H2AX; RECQ HELICASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE END BINDING PROTEIN BETA; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; RNA; TELOMERE;

EID: 68549136741     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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