Porphyrinoid biohybrid materials as an emerging toolbox for biomedical light management

V Almeida-Marrero, E van de Winckel… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of photoactive and biocompatible nanomaterials is a current major
challenge of materials science and nanotechnology, as they will contribute to promoting …

Far-red fluorescent probes for canonical and non-canonical nucleic acid structures: current progress and future implications

YV Suseela, N Narayanaswamy, S Pratihar… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The structural diversity and functional relevance of nucleic acids (NAs), mainly
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are indispensable for almost all …

Ligand design to acquire specificity to intended G‐quadruplex structures

S Asamitsu, T Bando… - Chemistry–A European …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
AG‐quadruplex is a nucleic acid secondary structure that is adopted by guanine‐rich
sequences, and is considered to be relevant in various pharmacological and biological …

Recent developments in G-quadruplex probes

DL Ma, Z Zhang, M Wang, L Lu, HJ Zhong… - Chemistry & Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Accumulating evidence has linked G-quadruplex structures to a number of biological
processes in vivo, including DNA replication, transcription, and genomic maintenance …

Targeted photoconvertible BODIPYs based on directed photooxidation-induced conversion for applications in photoconversion and live super-resolution imaging

L Saladin, V Breton, V Le Berruyer… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photomodulable fluorescent probes are drawing increasing attention due to their
applications in advanced bioimaging. Whereas photoconvertible probes can be …

Fluorescent functional nucleic acid: Principles, properties and applications in bioanalyzing

XX Wang, LJ Zhu, ST Li, YZ Zhang, SY Liu… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Functional nucleic acids with fluorescence properties are powerful research tools for both
biomolecular analysis and biological nanomaterials. This review collected these interesting …

More is not always better: finding the right trade-off between affinity and selectivity of a G-quadruplex ligand

M Zuffo, A Guédin, ED Leriche, F Doria… - Nucleic Acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences can fold into four-stranded G-quadruplex (G4)
structures. Despite growing evidence for their biological significance, considerable work still …

An Aggregating Amphiphilic Squaraine: A Light‐up Probe That Discriminates Parallel G‐Quadruplexes

V Grande, F Doria, M Freccero… - Angewandte Chemie, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract G‐quadruplexes (G4s) are peculiar DNA or RNA tertiary structures that are involved
in the regulation of many biological events within mammalian cells, bacteria, and viruses …

DNA mimics of red fluorescent proteins (RFP) based on G-quadruplex-confined synthetic RFP chromophores

G Feng, C Luo, H Yi, L Yuan, B Lin, X Luo… - Nucleic Acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Red fluorescent proteins (RFPs) have emerged as valuable biological markers for
biomolecule imaging in living systems. Develo** artificial fluorogenic systems that mimic …

A Light‐up Logic Platform for Selective Recognition of Parallel G‐Quadruplex Structures via Disaggregation‐Induced Emission

M Deiana, K Chand, J Jamroskovic, I Obi… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The design of turn‐on dyes with optical signals sensitive to the formation of supramolecular
structures provides fascinating and underexplored opportunities for G‐quadruplex (G4) DNA …