[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide regulatory dynamics of G-quadruplexes in human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

D Bhartiya, V Chawla, S Ghosh, R Shankar, N Kumar - Genomics, 2016 - Elsevier
The AT-rich genome of P. falciparum has uniquely localized G-rich stretches that have
propensity to form G-quadruplexes. However, their global occurrence and potential …

Stable G-quadruplex enabling sequences are selected against by the context-dependent codon bias

GM Arachchilage, MH Arachchilage, A Venkataraman… - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
The distributions of secondary structural elements appear to differ between coding regions
(CDS) of mRNAs compared to the untranslated regions (UTRs), presumably as a …

Role of G-quadruplex located at 5 end of mRNAs

P Agarwala, S Pandey, S Maiti - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Secondary structures in 5′ UTR of mRNAs play a critical role in regulating
protein synthesis. Though studies have indicated the role of secondary structure G …

G-quadruplexes in genomes of viruses infecting eukaryotes or prokaryotes are under different selection pressures from hosts

Z Li, SH Qian, F Wang, HI Mohamed, G Yang… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
G-quadruplexes in viral genomes can be applied as the targets of antiviral therapies, which
has attracted wide interest. However, it is still not clear whether the pervasive number of …

RNA G-quadruplexes inhibit translation of the PE/PPE transcripts in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Kumar, V Kamuju, P Vivekanandan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - ASBMB
The role of RNA G-quadruplexes (rG4s) in bacteria remains poorly understood. High G-
quadruplex densities have been linked to organismal stress. Here we investigate rG4s in …

Loop nucleobases-dependent folding of G-quadruplex in normal and cancer cell-mimicking KCl microenvironments

A Bisoi, S Sarkar, PC Singh - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the folding of G-quadruplex (G4) from the telomeric DNA sequences having
loop nucleobases of different chemical natures, numbers, and arrangements in 10 mM and …

Plant thermosensors

J Li, Y Song - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Plants dynamically regulate their genes expression and physiological outputs to adapt to
changing temperatures. The underlying molecular mechanisms have been extensively …

Biophysical characterization of G-quadruplex recognition in the PITX1 mRNA by the specificity domain of the helicase RHAU

EO Ariyo, EP Booy, TR Patel, E Dzananovic… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Nucleic acids rich in guanine are able to fold into unique structures known as G-
quadruplexes. G-quadruplexes consist of four tracts of guanylates arranged in parallel or …

Structural transitions in poly (A), poly (C), poly (U), and poly (G) and their possible biological roles

MI Zarudnaya, IM Kolomiets… - Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The homopolynucleotide (homo-oligonucleotide) tracts function as regulatory elements at
various stages of mRNAs life cycle. Numerous cellular proteins specifically bind to these …

Discovery of Small Molecules for Repressing Cap-Independent Translation of Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (hVEGF) as Novel Antitumor Agents

SK Wang, Y Wu, XQ Wang, GT Kuang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Angiogenesis is important in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Human vascular
endothelial growth factor (hVEGF) is an angiogenic growth factor that plays a crucial role in …