Relationships between putative G-quadruplex-forming sequences, RecQ helicases, and transcription

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Smestad, John A ^a   Maher, L James ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RECQ HELICASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WERNER SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BLOOM SYNDROME; CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84943548714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12881-015-0236-4     Document Type: Article

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