Molecular population dynamics of DNA structures in a bcl-2 promoter sequence is regulated by small molecules and the transcription factor hnRNP LL

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5755-5764

  Cui, Yunxi ^a   Koirala, Deepak ^a   Kang, HyunJin ^b   Dhakal, Soma ^a   Yangyuoru, Philip ^a   Hurley, Laurence H ^b,c,d   Mao, Hanbin ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BIO5 Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CYTOSINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SMALL MOLECULE IMC 48; SMALL MOLECULE IMC 76; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HNRNP LL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOXAZINES; CHOLESTANES; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BCL-2; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN L; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84900331303     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku185     Document Type: Article

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