IFI16 preferentially binds to DNA with quadruplex structure and enhances DNA quadruplex formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Hároníková, Lucia ^a,b   Coufal, Jan ^a   Kejnovská, Iva ^a   Jagelská, Eva B ^a   Fojta, Miroslav ^a   Dvoøáková, Petra ^c   Muller, Petr ^c   Vojtesek, Borivoj ^c   Brázda, Václav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; MYC PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; IFI16 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ONCOGENE MYC; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

DNA; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84975523516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157156     Document Type: Article

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