The Yin and Yang of R-loop biology

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-45

  Costantino, Lorenzo ^a   Koshland, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMIC INSTABILITY;

DNA; RNA;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA REPAIR; GENOME; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 84928716856     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.04.008     Document Type: Review

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