G-quadruplexes within prion mRNA: The missing link in prion disease?

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 9327-9333

  Olsthoorn, René C L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84906218337     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku559     Document Type: Article

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