Clerocidin-mediated DNA footprinting discriminates among different G-quadruplex conformations and detects tetraplex folding in a duplex environment

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1830, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4660-4668

  Nadai, Matteo ^a   Sattin, Giovanna ^a   Palù, Giorgio ^a   Palumbo, Manlio ^a   Richter, Sara N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkylating agent; Clerocidin; DNA conformation; Footprinting; G quadruplex; Protection assay

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; CLEROCIDIN; DITERPENOID; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALKYLATING AGENT; CLEROCIDIN; DNA CONFORMATION; FOOTPRINTING; G-QUADRUPLEX; PROTECTION ASSAY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DITERPENES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84879488524     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.05.039     Document Type: Article

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