G-quadruplexes in the viral genome: unlocking targets for therapeutic interventions and antiviral strategies

R Pathak - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are unique non-canonical four-stranded nucleic acid secondary
structures formed by guanine-rich DNA or RNA sequences. Sequences with the potential to …

Fluorescence-based tools to probe G-quadruplexes in cell-free and cellular environments

S Manna, SG Srivatsan - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Biophysical and biochemical investigations provide compelling evidence connecting the
four-stranded G-quadruplex (GQ) structure with its role in regulating multiple cellular …

Rif1 binds to G quadruplexes and suppresses replication over long distances

Y Kanoh, S Matsumoto, R Fukatsu, N Kakusho… - Nature structural & …, 2015 - nature.com
Rif1 regulates replication timing and repair of double-strand DNA breaks. Using a chromatin
immunoprecipitation–sequencing method, we identified 35 high-affinity Rif1-binding sites in …

Decoding complexity in biomolecular recognition of DNA i-motifs with microarrays

K Yazdani, S Seshadri, D Tillo, M Yang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
DNA i-motifs (iMs) are non-canonical C-rich secondary structures implicated in numerous
cellular processes. Though iMs exist throughout the genome, our understanding of iM …

Chemical targeting of a G-quadruplex RNA in the Ebola virus L gene

SR Wang, QY Zhang, JQ Wang, XY Ge, YY Song… - Cell chemical …, 2016 - cell.com
In the present study, our bioinformatics analysis first reveals the existence of a conserved
guanine-rich sequence within the Zaire ebolavirus L gene. Using various methods, we show …

Custom DNA microarrays reveal diverse binding preferences of proteins and small molecules to thousands of G-quadruplexes

S Ray, D Tillo, RE Boer, N Assad, M Barshai… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) containing four guanine repeats can form G-quadruplex (G4)
structures. While cellular proteins and small molecules can bind G4s, it has been difficult to …

Metallo-supramolecular complexes enantioselectively eradicate cancer stem cells in vivo

H Qin, C Zhao, Y Sun, J Ren, X Qu - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for drug resistance, metastasis and recurrence of
cancers. However, there is still no clinically approved drug that can effectively eradicate …

Conformation-sensitive nucleoside analogues as topology-specific fluorescence turn-on probes for DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes

AA Tanpure, SG Srivatsan - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Development of probes that can discriminate G-quadruplex (GQ) structures and
indentify efficient GQ binders on the basis of topology and nucleic acid type is highly desired …

Directly lighting up RNA G-quadruplexes from test tubes to living human cells

S Xu, Q Li, J Xiang, Q Yang, H Sun, A Guan… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract RNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) are one of the key components of the transcriptome that
act as efficient post-transcriptional regulatory elements in living cells. To conduct further …

Targeting glioma stem cells in vivo by a G-quadruplex-stabilizing synthetic macrocyclic hexaoxazole

T Nakamura, S Okabe, H Yoshida, K Iida, Y Ma… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract G-quadruplex (G4) is a higher-order nucleic acid structure that is formed by guanine-
rich sequences. G4 stabilization by small-molecule compounds called G4 ligands often …