Making sense of G-quadruplex and i-motif functions in oncogene promoters

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3459-3469

  Brooks, Tracy A ^a,b   Kendrick, Samantha ^b   Hurley, Laurence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; c Myc; DNA secondary structures; G quadruplex; gene expression; i motif; NM23 H2; nucleolin; promoter; supercoiling

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; K RAS PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; NUCLEASE HYPERSENSITIVE ELEMEN III1; NUCLEOLIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN RET; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; DNA;

DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C KIT; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77955809107     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07759.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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