A hybrid G-quadruplex structure formed between RNA and DNA explains the extraordinary stability of the mitochondrial R-loop

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10334-10344

  Wanrooij, Paulina H ^a,b   Uhler, Jay P ^a   Shi, Yonghong ^a,b   Westerlund, Fredrik ^c   Falkenberg, Maria ^a,d   Gustafsson, Claes M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE BLOCK II; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA REPLICATION; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R LOOP; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84869006723     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks802     Document Type: Article

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