Ligand-induced G-quadruplex polymorphism: a DNA nanodevice for label-free aptasensor platforms

PS Deore, MD Gray, AJ Chung… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
G-Quadruplexes (GQs) serve as popular recognition elements for DNA aptasensors and are
incorporated into a DNA nanodevice capable of controlled conformational changes to …

Harnessing G-tetrad scaffolds within G-quadruplex forming aptamers for fluorescence detection strategies

M Sproviero, RA Manderville - Chemical Communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
G-tetrads are essential structural components required for the formation of G-quadruplexes.
Replacement of G nucleobases within G-tetrads with fluorescent 8-aryl-dG residues …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond G-quadruplexes—the effect of junction with additional structural motifs on aptamers properties

W Kotkowiak, A Pasternak - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes constitute an important type of nucleic acid structure, which can be found in
living cells and applied by cell machinery as pivotal regulatory elements. Importantly, robust …

Expanding the Potential of G‐Quadruplex Structures: Formation of a Heterochiral TBA Analogue

A Virgilio, M Varra, M Scuotto, A Capuozzo… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In order to expand the potential applications of G‐quadruplex structures, we explored the
ability of heterochiral oligodeoxynucleotides based on the thrombin‐binding aptamer (TBA) …

Kinetically grafting G-quadruplexes onto DNA nanostructures for structure and function encoding via a DNA machine

J Ren, J Wang, L Han, E Wang, J Wang - Chemical communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Kinetically grafting G-quadruplexes onto one-dimensional DNA nanostructures with precise
positioning was realized in this study. The programs hold great promise for label-free and …

G-quadruplex DNA aptamers and their ligands: structure, function and application

WO Tucker, KT Shum… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Highly specific and tight-binding nucleic acid aptamers have been selected against a variety
of molecular targets for over 20 years. A significant proportion of these oligonucleotides …

Analyzing criteria affecting the functionality of G-quadruplex-based DNA aptazymes as colorimetric biosensors and development of quinine-binding aptazymes

Y Ahmadi, R Soldo, K Rathammer, L Eibler… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A DNA aptazyme consists of an aptamer domain and a DNAzyme module, in which the
DNAzyme activity can be regulated by the aptamer–target interaction. The complex of G …

Lighting Up the Thrombin-Binding Aptamer G-Quadruplex with an Internal Cyanine-Indole-Quinolinium Nucleobase Surrogate. Direct Fluorescent Intensity Readout …

MD Gray, PS Deore, AJ Chung… - Bioconjugate …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fluorescent nucleobases represent an important class of molecular reporters of nucleic acid
interactions. In this work, the advantages of utilizing a noncanonical fluorescent nucleobase …

Electrochemical and AFM Characterization of G‐Quadruplex Electrochemical Biosensors and Applications

AM Chiorcea-Paquim, R Eritja… - Journal of Nucleic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Guanine‐rich DNA sequences are able to form G‐quadruplexes, being involved in important
biological processes and representing smart self‐assembling nanomaterials that are …

Aptamer-DNA origami-functionalized solid-state nanopores for single-molecule sensing of G-quadruplex formation

S Pal, A Naik, A Rao, B Chakraborty… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We describe the single-molecule sensing of G-quadruplex (Gq) formation in target-bound
aptamers using solid-state nanopores. In order to do this, we functionalize the solid-state …