New insights into repeat instability: Role of RNA•DNA hybrids

RNA Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-558

  McIvor, Elizabeth I ^a   Polak, Urszula ^a   Napierala, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

R loops; Repeat expansion diseases; RNase H; RNA DNA hybrids; Transcription induced repeat instability; Triplet repeats

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA HYBRID; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 78649381794     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.5.12745     Document Type: Review

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