G-quadruplexes are specifically recognized and distinguished by selected designed ankyrin repeat proteins

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 9182-9194

  Scholz, Oliver ^a   Hansen, Simon ^a   Plückthun, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MYC PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN RET; SODIUM ION; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR 1; STEM CELL FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INSULIN LINKED POLYMORPHIC REGION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELOMERE;

ANKYRIN REPEAT; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TELOMERE;

EID: 84906268395     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku571     Document Type: Article

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