Survey and summary G-quadruplexes in viruses: Function and potential therapeutic applications

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 12352-12366

  Metifiot, Mathieu ^a   Amrane, Samir ^a   Litvak, Simon ^a   Andreola, Marie Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AS 1411; FOMIVIRSEN; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; PEGAPTANIB; QUARFLOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA RECOMBINATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; WART VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN GENOME;

CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84922763356     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku999     Document Type: Review

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