The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes

D Varshney, J Spiegel, K Zyner, D Tannahill… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA and RNA can adopt various secondary structures. Four-stranded G-quadruplex (G4)
structures form through self-recognition of guanines into stacked tetrads, and considerable …

Nanopore technology and its applications in gene sequencing

B Lin, J Hui, H Mao - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, nanopore technology has become increasingly important in the field of life
science and biomedical research. By embedding a nano-scale hole in a thin membrane and …

[HTML][HTML] G-quadruplex ligands in cancer therapy: Progress, challenges, and clinical perspectives

J Figueiredo, JL Mergny, C Cruz - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Guanine-rich sequences can form G-quadruplexes (G4) in living cells, making these
structures promising anti-cancer targets. Compounds able to recognize these structures …

G-quadruplexes and G-quadruplex ligands: targets and tools in antiviral therapy

E Ruggiero, SN Richter - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s) are non-canonical nucleic acids secondary structures that
form within guanine-rich strands of regulatory genomic regions. G4s have been extensively …

G-quadruplexes: a promising target for cancer therapy

N Kosiol, S Juranek, P Brossart, A Heine, K Paeschke - Molecular Cancer, 2021 - Springer
DNA and RNA can fold into a variety of alternative conformations. In recent years, a
particular nucleic acid structure was discussed to play a role in malignant transformation and …

DNA secondary structures: stability and function of G-quadruplex structures

ML Bochman, K Paeschke, VA Zakian - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
In addition to the canonical double helix, DNA can fold into various other inter-and
intramolecular secondary structures. Although many such structures were long thought to be …

Recent progress of targeted G-quadruplex-preferred ligands toward cancer therapy

S Asamitsu, S Obata, Z Yu, T Bando, H Sugiyama - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
A G-quadruplex (G4) is a well-known nucleic acid secondary structure comprising guanine-
rich sequences, and has profound implications for various pharmacological and biological …

[HTML][HTML] G-quadruplexes and their ligands: Biophysical methods to unravel G-quadruplex/ligand interactions

T Santos, GF Salgado, EJ Cabrita, C Cruz - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Progress in the design of G-quadruplex (G4) binding ligands relies on the availability of
approaches that assess the binding mode and nature of the interactions between G4 …

Targeting G-quadruplexes in gene promoters: a novel anticancer strategy?

S Balasubramanian, LH Hurley, S Neidle - Nature reviews Drug …, 2011 - nature.com
G-quadruplexes are four-stranded DNA structures that are over-represented in gene
promoter regions and are viewed as emerging therapeutic targets in oncology, as …

G-quadruplex DNA: a longer story

RC Monsen, JO Trent, JB Chaires - Accounts of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus G-quadruplexes (G4s) are distinctive four-stranded DNA or RNA structures
found within cells that are thought to play functional roles in gene regulation and …