Transcription-Associated R-Loop Formation across the Human FMR1 CGG-Repeat Region

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Loomis, Erick W ^a   Sanz, Lionel A ^b   Chédin, Frédéric ^b   Hagerman, Paul J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND; FIBROBLAST; FMR1 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; R LOOP FORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ALLELE; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FIBROBLASTS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84901346090     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004294     Document Type: Article

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