G-quadruplexes and their regulatory roles in biology

D Rhodes, HJ Lipps - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'If G-quadruplexes form so readily in vitro, Nature will have found a way of using
them in vivo'(Statement by Aaron Klug over 30 years ago). During the last decade, four …

Fluorescent‐Ligand‐Mediated Screening of G‐Quadruplex Structures Using a DNA Microarray

K Iida, T Nakamura, W Yoshida, M Tera… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cell-cycle-synchronized DNA replication and cellular-environment-dependent gene
expression are mainly controlled by proteins and DNAs with higher-order structures, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting G-quadruplex structures with extrinsic fluorogenic dyes: promising fluorescence sensors

AC Bhasikuttan, J Mohanty - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The research on the G-quadruplex DNAs has received much attention in recent years and
numerous reports appeared probing their detection, structure, stability, reactivity, selectivity …

Biochemical techniques for the characterization of G-quadruplex structures: EMSA, DMS footprinting, and DNA polymerase stop assay

D Sun, LH Hurley - G-Quadruplex DNA: Methods and Protocols, 2010 - Springer
The proximal promoter region of many human growth-related genes contains a polypurine/
polypyrimidine tract that serves as multiple binding sites for Sp1 or other transcription …

[PDF][PDF] Guanidinium-modified phthalocyanines as high-affinity G-quadruplex fluorescent probes and transcriptional regulators

J Alzeer, BR Vummidi, PJ Roth, NW Luedtke - Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2009 - academia.edu
G-quadruplex structures are among the most interesting and best-characterized DNA folding
motifs.[1] DNA sequences that can form stable G-quadruplexes in vitro have been implicated …

Selective discrimination and classification of G-quadruplex structures with a host–guest sensing array

J Chen, BL Hickey, L Wang, J Lee, AD Gill, A Favero… - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The secondary structures of nucleic acids have an important influence on their cellular
functions but can be difficult to identify and classify quickly. Here, we show that an arrayed …

Specific recognition of promoter G-quadruplex DNAs by small molecule ligands and light-up probes

V Dhamodharan, PI Pradeepkumar - ACS Chemical Biology, 2019 - ACS Publications
G-Quadruplexes (G4s) are four-stranded nucleic acid structures whose underlying G-rich
sequences are present across the chromosome and transcriptome. These highly structured …

Click Chemistry for the Identification of G‐Quadruplex Structures: Discovery of a DNA–RNA G‐Quadruplex

Y Xu, Y Suzuki, M Komiyama - Angewandte Chemie, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Four-stranded DNA structures formed by guanine-rich sequences are known as G-
quadruplexes. They have received much interest over the last decade owing to their …

Development of a new colorimetric and red-emitting fluorescent dual probe for G-quadruplex nucleic acids

JW Yan, SB Chen, HY Liu, WJ Ye, TM Ou… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A tailor-made colorimetric and red-emitting fluorescent dual probe for G-quadruplex nucleic
acids was developed by incorporating a coumarin–hemicyanine fluorophore into an …

The application of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes to therapeutic medicines

GW Collie, GN Parkinson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The intriguing structural diversity in folded topologies available to guanine-rich nucleic acid
repeat sequences have made four-stranded G-quadruplex structures the focus of both basic …