[HTML][HTML] Extrachromosomal circular DNA in cancer: history, current knowledge, and methods

JB Noer, OK Hørsdal, X Xiang, Y Luo, B Regenberg - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is a closed-circle, nuclear, nonplasmid DNA
molecule found in all tested eukaryotes. eccDNA plays important roles in cancer …

Reconfigurable A-motif, i-motif and triplex nucleic acids for smart pH-responsive DNA hydrogels

Y Hu, JY Ying - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrating dynamic reconfigurable DNA crosslinking units, smart DNA hydrogels have
demonstrated sol–gel transition, shape memory, self-healing, sensing, cargo encapsulation …

Label-free imaging of DNA interactions with 2D materials

J Sulzle, W Yang, Y Shimoda, N Ronceray… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer potential as substrates for biosensing devices, as their
properties can be engineered to tune interactions between the surface and biomolecules …

Extrachromosomal circular DNA: biogenesis, structure, functions and diseases

L Yang, R Jia, T Ge, S Ge, A Zhuang, P Chai… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA), ranging in size from tens to millions of base
pairs, is independent of conventional chromosomes. Recently, eccDNAs have been …

Rolling circle RNA synthesis catalyzed by RNA

EL Kristoffersen, M Burman, A Noy, P Holliger - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
RNA-catalyzed RNA replication is widely considered a key step in the emergence of life's
first genetic system. However, RNA replication can be impeded by the extraordinary stability …

A molecular view of DNA flexibility

A Marin-Gonzalez, JG Vilhena, R Perez… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
DNA dynamics can only be understood by taking into account its complex mechanical
behavior at different length scales. At the micrometer level, the mechanical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Structural identification of individual helical amyloid filaments by integration of cryo-electron microscopy-derived maps in comparative morphometric atomic …

L Lutter, YK Al-Hilaly, CJ Serpell, MF Tuite… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of more than 50 human disorders, including
neurodegenerative diseases and systemic amyloidoses. A key unresolved challenge in …

Structure and dynamics of an archetypal DNA nanoarchitecture revealed via cryo-EM and molecular dynamics simulations

K Ahmad, A Javed, C Lanphere, PV Coveney… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
DNA can be folded into rationally designed, unique, and functional materials. To fully realise
the potential of these DNA materials, a fundamental understanding of their structure and …

Mechanical determinants of chromatin topology and gene expression

RK Jha, D Levens, F Kouzine - Nucleus, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The compaction of linear DNA into micrometer-sized nuclear boundaries involves the
establishment of specific three-dimensional (3D) DNA structures complexed with histone …

Three-dimensional genome organization via triplex-forming RNAs

I Farabella, M Di Stefano, P Soler-Vila… - Nature Structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
An increasing number of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been proposed to act as
nuclear organization factors during interphase. Direct RNA-DNA interactions can be …