DNA is considered an important target for drug design and development. Until recently, the
focus was on double-stranded (duplex) DNA structures. However, it has now been shown …

The article reviews the application of biomolecular simulation methods to understand the
structure, dynamics and interactions of nucleic acids with a focus on explicit solvent …

Molecular mechanical (MM) force fields are commonly employed for biomolecular
simulations. Despite their success, the nonpolarizable nature of contemporary additive force …

Although BRACO19 is a potent G-quadruplex binder, its potential for clinical usage is
hindered by its low selectivity towards DNA G-quadruplex over duplex. High-resolution …

Tyrosinase, a widely spread enzyme in micro-organisms, animals, and plants, participates in
two rate-limiting steps in melanin formation pathway which is responsible for skin protection …

Human telomeric DNA G-quadruplex has been identified as a good therapeutic target in
cancer treatment. G-quadruplex-specific ligands that stabilize the G-quadruplex have great …

A promising anticancer therapeutic strategy is the stabilization of telomeric G-quadruplexes
using G-quadruplex-binding small molecules. Although many G-quadruplex-specific ligands …

Background Intra-molecular G-quadruplex structures are present in the guanine rich regions
of human telomeres and were found to be prevalent in gene promoters. More recently, the …

Guanine quadruplexes (G4s) are four‐stranded secondary structures of nucleic acids which
are stabilized by noncanonical hydrogen bonding systems between the nitrogenous bases …

The 22-mer c-kit promoter sequence folds into a parallel-stranded quadruplex with a unique
structure, which has been elucidated by crystallographic and NMR methods and shows a …