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Balasubramanian, Shankar |
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University of Cambridge |
| Primary Field
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Chemistry |
| Secondary Field
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Biochemistry |
 Election Citation
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Balasubramanian’s research has increased understanding of how sequence, structure, and chemistry influence the function of DNA. |
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Research Interests
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Our lab seeks to explore and understand the chemistry, structure and function of nucleic acids. To do this we use experimental approaches ranging from chemistry to molecular biology and genomics. We are interested in the incidence and potential causal role(s) of four-stranded DNA secondary structures called G-quadruplexes that form in G-rich regions of the human genome. Current data suggests these secondary structures may mark or regulate the transcriptional status of genes and we are interested |
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