Structure, location and interactions of G-quadruplexes

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3452-3458

  Huppert, Julian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; biophysics; computational biology; DNA; G quadruplex; G quartet; G tetraplex; genomics; RNA; transcription; translation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; DNA;

COMPUTER MODEL; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM;

DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENOME; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

EID: 77955834769     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07758.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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