Existence and consequences of G-quadruplex structures in DNA

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-29

  Murat, Pierre ^a,b   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H2AX; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BG4; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERE END BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; TELOMERE END BINDING PROTEIN BETA; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RNA;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ATRX GENE; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; G QUADRUPLEX DNA STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENOME;

ANIMALS; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENOME; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 84891400223     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.10.012     Document Type: Review

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