QGRS-Conserve: A computational method for discovering evolutionarily conserved G-quadruplex motifs

Human Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Frees, Scott ^a   Menendez, Camille ^a   Crum, Matt ^a   Bagga, Paramjeet S ^a  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulatory motifs; Computational method; Evolutionary conservation; G quadruplex

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; EXOME; FILTRATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; QUADRUPLEX FORMING G RICH SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901036412     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-8-8     Document Type: Article

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