Detection of G-quadruplex DNA in mammalian cells

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 860-869

  Henderson, Alexander ^a   Wu, Yuliang ^b   Huang, Yu Chuan ^c   Chavez, Elizabeth A ^a   Platt, Jesse ^d   Johnson, F Brad ^d   Brosh, Robert M ^b   Sen, Dipankar ^c   Lansdorp, Peter M ^a,e,f  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HELICASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN FANCJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; FANCONI ANEMIA COMPLEMENTATION GROUP PROTEINS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 84893303932     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt957     Document Type: Article

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