Crystal Structure of an i‐Motif from the HRAS Oncogene Promoter

KS Li, D Jordan, LY Lin, SE McCarthy… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An i‐motif is a non‐canonical DNA structure implicated in gene regulation and linked to
cancers. The C‐rich strand of the HRAS oncogene, 5′‐CG CCC GTG CCC TGCG CCC …

[HTML][HTML] G-Quadruplexes in Nuclear Biomolecular Condensates

I Pavlova, M Iudin, A Surdina, V Severov, A Varizhuk - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes (G4s) have long been implicated in the regulation of chromatin packaging
and gene expression. These processes require or are accelerated by the separation of …

Genome-wide mapping of G-quadruplex DNA: a step-by-step guide to select the most effective method.

S Galli, G Flint, L Ruzicková, M Di Antonio - RSC Chemical Biology, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of methods that enabled genome-wide mapping of DNA G-quadruplex
structures in chromatin has played a critical role in providing evidence to support the …

Predicting the Three-Dimensional Structure of the c-KIT Proto-Oncogene Promoter and the Dynamics of Its Strongly Coupled Guanine Quadruplexes

E Bignon, A Spinello, T Miclot, L D'anna… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Guanine quadruplexes (G4s) play essential protective and regulatory roles within cells,
influencing gene expression. In several gene-promoter regions, multiple G4-forming …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic Instability of G-Quadruplex Sequences in Escherichia coli: Roles of DinG, RecG, and RecQ Helicases

VJ Parekh, G Węgrzyn, V Arluison, RR Sinden - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Guanine-rich DNA can fold into highly stable four-stranded DNA structures called G-
quadruplexes (G4). Originally identified in sequences from telomeres and oncogene …

Conversion to Trimolecular G-Quadruplex by Spontaneous Hoogsteen Pairing-Based Strand Displacement Reaction between Bimolecular G-Quadruplex and Double …

W Hu, H Jing, W Fu, Z Wang, J Zhou… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bimolecular or tetramolecular G-quadruplexes (GQs) are predominantly self-assembled by
the same sequence-identical G-rich oligonucleotides and usually remain inert to the strand …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the G-quadruplex binding and unwinding activity of the bacterial FeS helicase DinG

E De Piante, F D'Aria, LMR Napolitano, J Amato… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Despite numerous reports on the interactions of G-quadruplexes (G4s) with helicases,
systematic analysis addressing the selectivity and specificity of each helicase towards a …

[HTML][HTML] RNA structure promotes liquid-to-solid phase transition of short RNAs in neuronal dysfunction

S Wang, Y Xu - Communications Biology, 2024 - nature.com
In nucleotide expansion disorders, RNA foci are reportedly associated with
neurodegenerative disease pathogeneses. Characteristically, these RNAs exhibit long poly …

[HTML][HTML] G-Quadruplex Forming DNA Sequence Context Is Enriched around Points of Somatic Mutations in a Subset of Multiple Myeloma Patients

AS Zhuk, EI Stepchenkova, IV Zotova… - International journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Genomic instability is an important feature of cancer, including multiple
myeloma, which is the second most common hematological malignancy. There are several …

Split G-quadruplex based PfAgo sensing platform for nucleotide mutation discrimination and human genotyping

Y Zhang, B Gong, Y Lin, Y Zhu, G Su, Y Yu - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A PfAgo-G4 sensing platform exploiting G4 as a signal reporter was proposed, validated,
and optimized. By introducing two mismatches at the Link strand, a universal nucleotide …