High-throughput sequencing of DNA G-quadruplex structures in the human genome

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 877-881

  Chambers, Vicki S ^a   Marsico, Giovanni ^b   Boutell, Jonathan M ^c   Di Antonio, Marco ^a,b   Smith, Geoffrey P ^c   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GENE ENCODING; GENES; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES;

CANCER PROGRESSION; COPY-NUMBER ALTERATIONS; G-QUADRUPLEX STRUCTURE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEQUENCING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; MYC PROTEIN; DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GROWTH; CHROMATIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; IONIC STRENGTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84938866369     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3295     Document Type: Article

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