Seven essential questions on G-quadruplexes

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-213

  König, Sebastian L B ^a,b   Evans, Amanda C ^a   Huppert, Julian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

DNA; G quadruplexes; promoter; proto oncogenes; RNA; telomeres; transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856963511     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc.2010.011     Document Type: Review

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