Bioinformatic analysis reveals an evolutional selection for DNA:RNA hybrid G-quadruplex structures as putative transcription regulatory elements in warm-blooded animals

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 10379-10390

  Xiao, Shan ^a   Zhang, Jia Yu ^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

DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RNA;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; G-QUADRUPLEXES; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84890411617     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt781     Document Type: Article

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