Human telomere, oncogenic promoter and 5′-UTR G-quadruplexes: diverse higher order DNA and RNA targets for cancer therapeutics

DJ Patel, AT Phan, V Kuryavyi - Nucleic acids research, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Guanine-rich DNA sequences can form G-quadruplexes stabilized by stacked G–G–G–G
tetrads in monovalent cation-containing solution. The length and number of individual G …

Quadruplex structures in nucleic acids

MA Keniry - Biopolymers: Original Research on Biomolecules, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
DNA oligonucleotides that have repetitive tracts of guanine bases can form G‐quadruplex
structures that display an amazing polymorphism. Structures of several new G …

Visualizing and quantifying molecular goodness-of-fit: small-probe contact dots with explicit hydrogen atoms

JM Word, SC Lovell, TH LaBean, HC Taylor… - Journal of molecular …, 1999 - Elsevier
The technique of small-probe contact dot surfaces is described as a method for calculating
and displaying the detailed atomic contacts inside or between molecules. It allows one both …

Biophysical and biological properties of quadruplex oligodeoxyribonucleotides

V Đapić, V Abdomerović, R Marrington… - Nucleic acids …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Single‐stranded guanosine‐rich oligodeoxyribonucleotides (GROs) have a propensity to
form quadruplex structures that are stabilized by G‐quartets. In addition to intense …

1 Å crystal structures of B-DNA reveal sequence-specific binding and groove-specific bending of DNA by magnesium and calcium

TK Chiu, RE Dickerson - Journal of molecular biology, 2000 - Elsevier
The 1 Å resolution X-ray crystal structures of Mg2+ and Ca2+ salts of the B-DNA decamers
CCAACGTTGG and CCAGCGCTGG reveal sequence-specific binding of Mg2+ and Ca2+ to …

Quadruplex formation by both G-rich and C-rich DNA strands of the C9orf72 (GGGGCC)8•(GGCCCC)8 repeat: effect of CpG methylation

B Zamiri, M Mirceta, K Bomsztyk… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Unusual DNA/RNA structures of the C9orf72 repeat may participate in repeat expansions or
pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Expanded …

Solution structure of a Na cation stabilized DNA quadruplex containing G· G· G· G and G· C· G· C tetrads formed by GGGC repeats observed in adeno-associated viral …

A Kettani, S Bouaziz, A Gorin, H Zhao, RA Jones… - Journal of molecular …, 1998 - Elsevier
We have applied NMR and molecular dynamics computations including intensity based
refinement to define the structure of the d (GGGC-T4-GGGC) dodecanucleotide in 100 mM …

Non-G base tetrads

N Escaja, B Mir, M Garavís, C González - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tetrads (or quartets) are arrangements of four nucleobases commonly involved in the
stability of four-stranded nucleic acids structures. Four-stranded or quadruplex structures …

V-shaped scaffold: a new architectural motif identified in an A·(G· G· G· G) pentad-containing dimeric DNA quadruplex involving stacked G (anti)· G (anti)· G (anti)· G …

N Zhang, A Gorin, A Majumdar, A Kettani… - Journal of molecular …, 2001 - Elsevier
We report the results of an NMR study of unlabeled and uniformly 13C, 15N-labeled d
(G3AG2T3G3AT) in 100 mM NaCl, conditions under which it forms a dimeric quadruplex …

A survey of recent unusual high-resolution DNA structures provoked by mismatches, repeats and ligand binding

R Satange, C Chang, MH Hou - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The structure of the DNA duplex is arguably one of the most important biological structures
elucidated in modern history. DNA duplex structure is closely associated with essential …