Functional 5′ UTR mRNA structures in eukaryotic translation regulation and how to find them

K Leppek, R Das, M Barna - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
RNA molecules can fold into intricate shapes that can provide an additional layer of control
of gene expression beyond that of their sequence. In this Review, we discuss the current …

Metal cations in G-quadruplex folding and stability

D Bhattacharyya, G Mirihana Arachchilage… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This review is focused on the structural and physicochemical aspects of metal cation
coordination to G-Quadruplexes (GQ) and their effects on GQ stability and conformation. G …

Quadruplex nucleic acids as novel therapeutic targets

S Neidle - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Quadruplex-forming sequences are widely prevalent in human and other genomes,
including bacterial ones. These sequences are over-represented in eukaryotic telomeres …

RNA G-quadruplexes (rG4s): genomics and biological functions

K Lyu, EYC Chow, X Mou, TF Chan… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s) are non-classical DNA or RNA secondary structures that
have been first observed decades ago. Over the years, these four-stranded structural motifs …

G-Quadruplexes as pathogenic drivers in neurodegenerative disorders

E Wang, R Thombre, Y Shah, R Latanich… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s), higher-order DNA and RNA secondary structures featuring
guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences with various conformations, are widely distributed in …

5′-UTR RNA G-quadruplexes: translation regulation and targeting

A Bugaut, S Balasubramanian - Nucleic acids research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
RNA structures in the untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNAs influence post-transcriptional
regulation of gene expression. Much of the knowledge in this area depends on canonical …

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 …

RNA G-quadruplexes: emerging mechanisms in disease

A Cammas, S Millevoi - Nucleic acids research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract RNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) are formed by G-rich RNA sequences in protein-coding
(mRNA) and non-coding (ncRNA) transcripts that fold into a four-stranded conformation …

G-quadruplex based biosensor: A potential tool for SARS-CoV-2 detection

H Xi, M Juhas, Y Zhang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020 - Elsevier
G-quadruplex is a non-canonical nucleic acid structure formed by the folding of guanine rich
DNA or RNA. The conformation and function of G-quadruplex are determined by a number …

G-quadruplex structures: in vivo evidence and function

HJ Lipps, D Rhodes - Trends in cell biology, 2009 - cell.com
Although many biochemical and structural studies have demonstrated that DNA sequences
containing runs of adjacent guanines spontaneously fold into G-quadruplex DNA structures …