Quadruplex structures of muscle gene promoter sequences enhance in vivo MyoD-dependent gene expression

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2369-2377

  Shklover, Jeny ^a   Weisman Shomer, Pnina ^a   Yafe, Anat ^a,b   Michael, Fry ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; ALPHA INTEGRIN; ALPHA7 INTEGRIN; DNA; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL CREATINE KINASE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANTIGENS, CD; CELL LINE; CREATINE KINASE, MITOCHONDRIAL FORM; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA CHAINS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77952306633     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1208     Document Type: Article

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