Overview of formation of G-quadruplex structures

Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 40, 2010, Pages

  Sannohe, Yuta ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conditions; DNA structure; Methods; Quadruplex forming sequences

Indexed keywords

AGRO 100; APTAMER; AS 1411; CATION; DIMETHYL SULFATE; GUANINE; HEMIN BINDING APTAMER; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IODINE 125; K RAS PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOLIN BINDING APTAMER; OLIGOMER; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN RET; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; THROMBIN BINDING APTAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 77949360303     PISSN: 19349270     EISSN: 19349289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc1702s40     Document Type: Review

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