G-quadruplex interacting small molecules and drugs: from bench toward bedside

S Müller, R Rodriguez - Expert review of clinical pharmacology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
G-quadruplexes are non-Watson-Crick four-stranded nucleic acid structures. Recent
evidence points toward their existence in vivo and their implication in various biological …

Chemical-biology approaches to probe DNA and RNA G-quadruplex structures in the genome

F Raguseo, S Chowdhury, A Minard… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
G-quadruplexes are nucleic acids secondary structures that can be formed in guanine-rich
sequences. More than 30 years ago, their formation was first observed in telomeric DNA …

Targeting G-quadruplex DNA with small molecules

NW Luedtke - Chimia, 2009 - chimia.ch
Despite a recent explosion of interest in G-quadruplex DNA, most fundamental questions
regarding the possible presence and function of these intriguing structures in vivo remain …

G-quadruplexes: selective DNA targeting for cancer therapeutics?

KM Miller, R Rodriguez - Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The identification of novel cancer therapeutics is an intensive area of research that spans
interdisciplinary fields that includes biologists, chemists and clinicians. These fields have …

Recent developments in small-molecule ligands of medicinal relevance for harnessing the anticancer potential of G-quadruplexes

L Savva, SN Georgiades - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes, a family of tetraplex helical nucleic acid topologies, have emerged in
recent years as novel targets, with untapped potential for anticancer research. Their …

G-quadruplex binding ligands: from naturally occurring to rationally designed molecules

T Vy Thi Le, S Han, J Chae… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences are known to form G-quadruplex-four-stranded DNA or
RNA structures stabilized by an array of Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds. G-quadruplex …

G-quadruplexes: from guanine gels to chemotherapeutics

TM Bryan, P Baumann - Molecular biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
G-quartets are square planar arrangements of four guanine bases, which can form
extraordinarily stable stacks when present in nucleic acid sequences. Such G-quadruplex …

Small molecule fluorescent probes for G-quadruplex visualization as potential cancer theranostic agents

P Chilka, N Desai, B Datta - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes have gained prominence over the past two decades for their role in gene
regulation, control of anti-tumour activity and ageing. The physiological relevance and …

Sequence, stability, and structure of G‐quadruplexes and their interactions with drugs

Y Chen, D Yang - Current protocols in nucleic acid chemistry, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although DNA is most widely known for its ability to store and pass along genetic
information, the discovery of G‐quadruplex structures has illuminated a new role for DNA in …

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 …