Recent advances in fluorescent probes for G-quadruplex nucleic acids

JH Yuan, W Shao, SB Chen, ZS Huang… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
G-quadruplexes are non-canonical nucleic acid structures formed by guanine-rich DNA or
RNA sequences. In recent decades, an increasing number of evidences have suggested …

Recent development of G-quadruplex probes for cellular imaging

DL Ma, M Wang, S Lin, QB Han… - Current topics in …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The G-quadruplex structure is a non-canonical secondary DNA motif that is built from planar
tetrads of guanine residues stabilized by Hoogsteen-type hydrogen bonding. Bioinformatics …

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 …

Colorimetric and fluorescence detection of G-quadruplex nucleic acids with a coumarin–benzothiazole probe

J Yan, Y Tian, J Tan, Z Huang - Analyst, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A colorimetric and red-emitting fluorescent dual probe for G-quadruplexes was devised with
a conjugated coumarin–benzothiazole scaffold. Its significant and distinct changes in both …

Direct visualization of nucleolar G-quadruplexes in live cells by using a fluorescent light-up probe

S Zhang, H Sun, H Chen, Q Li, A Guan, L Wang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Direct detection of G-quadruplexes in human cells has become an important
issue due to the vital role of G-quadruplex related to biological functions. Despite several …

Fluorescent probes for G‐quadruplex structures

BR Vummidi, J Alzeer, NW Luedtke - ChemBioChem, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence supports the presence of biologically relevant G‐quadruplexes in single‐
cell organisms, but the existence of endogenous G‐quadruplex structures in mammalian …

A multi-functional guanine derivative for studying the DNA G-quadruplex structure

T Ishizuka, PY Zhao, HL Bao, Y Xu - Analyst, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present study, we developed a multi-functional guanine derivative, 8FG, as a G-
quadruplex stabilizer, a fluorescent probe for the detection of G-quadruplex formation, and a …

Accurate high-throughput identification of parallel G-quadruplex topology by a new tetraaryl-substituted imidazole

MH Hu, SB Chen, YQ Wang, YM Zeng, TM Ou… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
G-quadruplex nucleic acids are four-stranded DNA or RNA secondary structures that are
formed in guanine-rich sequences. These structures exhibit extensive structural …

Spectroscopic analysis reveals the effect of a single nucleotide bulge on G-quadruplex structures

CY Chan, MI Umar, CK Kwok - Chemical communications, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we investigate and reveal the effect of bulge position and bulge identity on G-
quadruplexes using label-free spectroscopic techniques. Notably, we report significant …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental approaches to identify cellular G-quadruplex structures and functions

M Di Antonio, R Rodriguez, S Balasubramanian - Methods, 2012 - Elsevier
Guanine-rich nucleic acids can fold into non-canonical DNA secondary structures called G-
quadruplexes. The formation of these structures can interfere with the biology that is crucial …