Discovery of novel rules for G-quadruplex-forming sequences in plants by using bioinformatics methods

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 570-575

  Takahashi, Hiro ^a   Nakagawa, Ayami ^a   Kojima, Shoko ^a   Takahashi, Anna ^a   Cha, Byung Yoon ^a   Woo, Je Tae ^a   Nagai, Kazuo ^a   Machida, Yasunori ^b   Machida, Chiyoko ^a  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Bioinformatics; G quadruplex; Oryza sativa; Populus trichocarpa; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULUS; VITIS VINIFERA;

BIOINFORMATICS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA SEQUENCES;

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BASE PAIRING; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHLOROPLAST; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RICE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DNA, PLANT; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS; ORYZA SATIVA; ORYZA SATIVA (JAPONICA CULTIVAR-GROUP); POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84866395168     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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