Molecular imprinting technology (MIT), often described as a method of making a molecular
lock to match a molecular key, is a technique for the creation of molecularly imprinted …

The i-motif represents a paradigmatic example of the wide structural versatility of nucleic
acids. In remarkable contrast to duplex DNA, i-motifs are four-stranded DNA structures held …

DNA has played an early and powerful role in the development of bottom-up
nanotechnologies, not least because of DNA's precise, predictable, and controllable …

In this review, we give an overview of recent literature on the structure and stability of
unimolecular G-rich quadruplex structures that are relevant to drug design and for in vivo …

Nucleic acids are excellent at recognizing complementary sequences through the formation
of Watson− Crick base pairs. Since the base pairing enables the highly selective …

Abstract i-Motifs are four-stranded DNA secondary structures which can form in sequences
rich in cytosine. Stabilised by acidic conditions, they are comprised of two parallel-stranded …

G‐quadruplexes are special secondary structures adopted in some guanine‐rich DNA
sequences. As guanine‐rich sequences are present in important regions of the eukaryotic …

The effect of molecular crowding on the structure and stability of biomolecules has become a
subject of increasing interest because it can clarify how biomolecules behave under cell …

Mounting evidence supports the presence of biologically relevant G‐quadruplexes in single‐
cell organisms, but the existence of endogenous G‐quadruplex structures in mammalian …

The i-motif structure is formed in cytosine-rich sequences, its building block being the
cytosine· cytosine+ base pair. This structure is particularly stable at pH values below …