DNA G-quadruplex formation in response to remote downstream transcription activity: Long-range sensing and signal transducing in DNA double helix

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7144-7152

  Zhang, Chao ^a   Liu, Hong He ^a   Zheng, Ke Wei ^a   Hao, Yu Hua ^a   Tan, Zheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84881504588     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt443     Document Type: Article

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