Table of Contents

Multifarious DNA Structures Found In Genomes.- DNA.- Sequence-Dependent Variability of B-DNA.- Intrinsic DNA Curvature and Transcription.- Curved DNA and Prokaryotic Promoters.- Repression of Transcription by Curved DNA and Nucleoid Protein H-NS.- Curved DNA and Transcription in Eukaryotes.- Putative Roles of kin17, a Mammalian Protein Binding Curved DNA, in Transcription.- Implied Roles of Left-Handed Z-DNA, Triplex DNA, DNA Supercoiling, and Miscellaneous Alternative Conformations of DNA in Transcription.- Roles for Z-DNA and Double-Stranded RNA in Transcription.- Do DNA Triple Helices or Quadruplexes Have a Role in Transcription?.- Nucleic Acid Structures and the Transcription Defects in Fragile X Syndrome and Friedreich’s Ataxia.- Possible Roles of DNA Supercoiling in Transcription.- DNA-Bending Proteins: Architectural Regulation of Transcription.- Gene Regulation by HMGA and HMGB Chromosomal Proteins and Related Architectural DNA-Binding Proteins.- Molecular Mechanisms of Male Sex Determination.- Chromatin Infrastructure in Transcription: Roles of DNA Conformation and Properties.- The Role of Unusual DNA Structures in Chromatin Organization for Transcription.- DNA Bendability and Nucleosome Positioning in Transcriptional Regulation.