Molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors for optical detection of biorelevant molecules and ions in aqueous media and biofluids

J Krämer, R Kang, LM Grimm, L De Cola… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with
innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and …

Gold complexes in anticancer therapy: from new design principles to particle‐based delivery systems

G Moreno‐Alcántar, P Picchetti… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of the medicinal properties of gold complexes has fuelled the design and
synthesis of new anticancer metallodrugs, which have received special attention due to their …

Rational design of NIR-II G-quadruplex fluorescent probes for accurate in vivo tumor metastasis imaging

RX Wang, Y Ou, Y Chen, TB Ren, L Yuan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Accurate in vivo imaging of G-quadruplexes (G4) is critical for understanding the emergence
and progression of G4-associated diseases like cancer. However, existing in vivo G4 …

Molecular rotors: Fluorescent sensors for microviscosity and conformation of biomolecules

M Paez‐Perez, MK Kuimova - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The viscosity and crowding of biological environment are considered vital for the correct
cellular function, and alterations in these parameters are known to underly a number of …

Single-molecule visualization of DNA G-quadruplex formation in live cells

M Di Antonio, A Ponjavic, A Radzevičius… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Substantial evidence now exists to support that formation of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) is
coupled to altered gene expression. However, approaches that allow us to probe G4s in …

G4access identifies G-quadruplexes and their associations with open chromatin and imprinting control regions

C Esnault, T Magat, A Zine El Aabidine… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metazoan promoters are enriched in secondary DNA structure-forming motifs, such as G-
quadruplexes (G4s). Here we describe 'G4access', an approach to isolate and sequence …

Functional 5′ UTR mRNA structures in eukaryotic translation regulation and how to find them

K Leppek, R Das, M Barna - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
RNA molecules can fold into intricate shapes that can provide an additional layer of control
of gene expression beyond that of their sequence. In this Review, we discuss the current …

Whole genome experimental maps of DNA G-quadruplexes in multiple species

G Marsico, VS Chambers, AB Sahakyan… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Genomic maps of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) can help elucidate the roles that these
secondary structures play in various organisms. Herein, we employ an improved version of a …

G‐quadruplex secondary structure obtained from circular dichroism spectroscopy

R del Villar‐Guerra, JO Trent… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A curated library of circular dichroism spectra of 23 G‐quadruplexes of known structure was
built and analyzed. The goal of this study was to use this reference library to develop an …

[HTML][HTML] Noncanonical DNA structures are drivers of genome evolution

KD Makova, MH Weissensteiner - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
In addition to the canonical right-handed double helix, other DNA structures, termed 'non-B
DNA', can form in the genomes across the tree of life. Non-B DNA regulates multiple cellular …