R-loops highlight the nucleus in ALS

Nucleus

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-29

  Salvi, Jayesh S ^a   Mekhail, Karim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Ataxin2; C9ORF72; FUS; Genome instability; R loop; RNA DNA hybrid; Senataxin; SOD1; Stress granules; TDP43

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 2; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DNA; DNA HELICASE; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MESSENGER RNA; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA; SENATAXIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CHROMOSOME 9; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOLOGY; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 84923558293     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2015.1004952     Document Type: Article

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