QGRS-H Predictor: A web server for predicting homologous quadruplex forming G-rich sequence motifs in nucleotide sequences

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue W1, 2012, Pages

  Menendez, Camille ^a   Frees, Scott ^a   Bagga, Paramjeet S ^a  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WEB BROWSER;

G-QUADRUPLEXES; INTERNET; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOFTWARE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864485953     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks422     Document Type: Article

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