A Dynamic G-quadruplex region regulates the HIV-1 Long terminal repeat promoter

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6521-6530

  Perrone, Rosalba ^a   Nadai, Matteo ^a   Frasson, Ilaria ^a   Poe, Jerrod A ^b   Butovskaya, Elena ^a   Smithgall, Thomas E ^b   Palumbo, Manlio ^a   Paluì, Giorgio ^a   Richter, Sara N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; BRACO 19; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

G-QUADRUPLEXES; HEK293 CELLS; HIV LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; HIV-1; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84883182887     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm400914r     Document Type: Article

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