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MeSH Heading: DNA, Cruciform
Tree Number(s): D13.444.308.295; G02.111.570.820.486.325; G05.360.580.325
Unique ID: D045566
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045566
Scope Note: A cross-shaped DNA structure that can be observed under the electron microscope. It is formed by the incomplete exchange of strands between two double-stranded helices or by complementary INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES that refold into hairpin loops on opposite strands across from each other.
Entry Term(s): Cruciform DNA; DNA Cruciforms; Holliday Junction DNA; Holliday Junctions
See Also: G-Quadruplexes; Holliday Junction Resolvases
Public MeSH Note: 2004;
History Note: 2004;
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2015/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0448785
Scope Note: A cross-shaped DNA structure that can be observed under the electron microscope. It is formed by the incomplete exchange of strands between two double-stranded helices or by complementary INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES that refold into hairpin loops on opposite strands across from each other.
Terms: DNA, Cruciform Preferred Term
Term UI T539463
Date04/29/2003
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Cruciform DNA
Term UI T539464
Date04/29/2003
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Holliday Junction DNA
Term UI T539465
Date04/29/2003
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Holliday Junctions
Term UI T539466
Date04/29/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); DNA Cruciforms
Term UI T539467
Date04/29/2003
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

DNA, Cruciform MeSH Descriptor Data 2024