Direct evidence for a G-quadruplex in a promoter region and its targeting with a small molecule to repress c-MYC transcription.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on August 23, 2002

Authors

Adam Siddiqui-Jain1, Cory L Grand, David J Bearss, Laurence H Hurley

Author Affiliations

1: College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

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