Topoisomerase I Plays a Critical Role in Suppressing Genome Instability at a Highly Transcribed G-Quadruplex-Forming Sequence

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Yadav, Puja ^a   Harcy, Victoria ^b   Argueso, Juan Lucas ^b   Dominska, Margaret ^c   Jinks Robertson, Sue ^c   Kim, Nayun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; WILD TYPE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE DELETION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SWITCH REGION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84919624857     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004839     Document Type: Article

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