DNA and RNA quadruplex-binding proteins

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 17493-17517

  Brázda, Václav ^a   Hároníková, Lucia ^a   Liao, Jack C C ^a,b   Fojta, Miroslav ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA quadruplex; Protein DNA binding; Regulation; RNA quadruplex; Telomere

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FANCONI ANEMIA PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; GUANINE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOLIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PROTEIN P53; REPLICATION FACTOR A; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN; DNA; RNA;

AGING; AU RICH ELEMENT; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOICHIOMETRY; TETRAHYMENA; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; TELOMERE;

AGING; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA; TELOMERE;

EID: 84907842541     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151017493     Document Type: Review

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