The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes

D Varshney, J Spiegel, K Zyner, D Tannahill… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA and RNA can adopt various secondary structures. Four-stranded G-quadruplex (G4)
structures form through self-recognition of guanines into stacked tetrads, and considerable …

The structure and function of DNA G-quadruplexes

J Spiegel, S Adhikari, S Balasubramanian - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Guanine-rich DNA sequences can fold into four-stranded, noncanonical secondary
structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s). G4s were initially considered a structural curiosity …

G4access identifies G-quadruplexes and their associations with open chromatin and imprinting control regions

C Esnault, T Magat, A Zine El Aabidine… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metazoan promoters are enriched in secondary DNA structure-forming motifs, such as G-
quadruplexes (G4s). Here we describe 'G4access', an approach to isolate and sequence …

DNA G-quadruplex structures: more than simple roadblocks to transcription?

J Robinson, F Raguseo, SP Nuccio… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It has been> 20 years since the formation of G-quadruplex (G4) secondary structures in
gene promoters was first linked to the regulation of gene expression. Since then, the …

A genetic map of the response to DNA damage in human cells

M Olivieri, T Cho, A Álvarez-Quilón, K Li… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The response to DNA damage is critical for cellular homeostasis, tumor suppression,
immunity, and gametogenesis. In order to provide an unbiased and global view of the DNA …

Single-molecule visualization of DNA G-quadruplex formation in live cells

M Di Antonio, A Ponjavic, A Radzevičius… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Substantial evidence now exists to support that formation of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) is
coupled to altered gene expression. However, approaches that allow us to probe G4s in …

DNA G-quadruplexes in the human genome: detection, functions and therapeutic potential

R Hänsel-Hertsch, M Di Antonio… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Single-stranded guanine-rich DNA sequences can fold into four-stranded DNA structures
called G-quadruplexes (G4s) that arise from the self-stacking of two or more guanine …

Whole genome experimental maps of DNA G-quadruplexes in multiple species

G Marsico, VS Chambers, AB Sahakyan… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Genomic maps of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) can help elucidate the roles that these
secondary structures play in various organisms. Herein, we employ an improved version of a …

G-quadruplex structures mark human regulatory chromatin

R Hänsel-Hertsch, D Beraldi, SV Lensing, G Marsico… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract G-quadruplex (G4) structural motifs have been linked to transcription 1, 2,
replication 3 and genome instability 4, 5 and are implicated in cancer and other diseases 6 …

G-quadruplexes and their regulatory roles in biology

D Rhodes, HJ Lipps - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'If G-quadruplexes form so readily in vitro, Nature will have found a way of using
them in vivo'(Statement by Aaron Klug over 30 years ago). During the last decade, four …