Elevated levels of G-quadruplex formation in human stomach and liver cancer tissues

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Biffi, Giulia ^a   Tannahill, David ^a   Miller, Jodi ^a   Howat, William J ^a   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; GENETICS; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STOMACH; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84904489184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102711     Document Type: Article

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