The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes

D Varshney, J Spiegel, K Zyner, D Tannahill… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA and RNA can adopt various secondary structures. Four-stranded G-quadruplex (G4)
structures form through self-recognition of guanines into stacked tetrads, and considerable …

G-quadruplexes and their regulatory roles in biology

D Rhodes, HJ Lipps - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'If G-quadruplexes form so readily in vitro, Nature will have found a way of using
them in vivo'(Statement by Aaron Klug over 30 years ago). During the last decade, four …

Whole genome experimental maps of DNA G-quadruplexes in multiple species

G Marsico, VS Chambers, AB Sahakyan… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Genomic maps of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) can help elucidate the roles that these
secondary structures play in various organisms. Herein, we employ an improved version of a …

On the wrong DNA track: Molecular mechanisms of repeat-mediated genome instability

AN Khristich, SM Mirkin - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
Expansions of simple tandem repeats are responsible for almost 50 human diseases, the
majority of which are severe, degenerative, and not currently treatable or preventable. In this …

Quadruplex nucleic acids as novel therapeutic targets

S Neidle - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Quadruplex-forming sequences are widely prevalent in human and other genomes,
including bacterial ones. These sequences are over-represented in eukaryotic telomeres …

Landscape of G-quadruplex DNA structural regions in breast cancer

R Hänsel-Hertsch, A Simeone, A Shea, WWI Hui… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Response and resistance to anticancer therapies vary due to intertumor and intratumor
heterogeneity. Here, we map differentially enriched G-quadruplex (G4) DNA structure …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay between the cancer genome and epigenome

H Shen, PW Laird - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Cancer arises as a consequence of cumulative disruptions to cellular growth control with
Darwinian selection for those heritable changes that provide the greatest clonal advantage …

DNA G-quadruplex structures mold the DNA methylome

SQ Mao, AT Ghanbarian, J Spiegel… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Control of DNA methylation level is critical for gene regulation, and the factors that govern
hypomethylation at CpG islands (CGIs) are still being uncovered. Here, we provide evidence …

dcHiC detects differential compartments across multiple Hi-C datasets

A Chakraborty, JG Wang, F Ay - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The compartmental organization of mammalian genomes and its changes play important
roles in distinct biological processes. Here, we introduce dcHiC, which utilizes a multivariate …

G-quadruplexes: a promising target for cancer therapy

N Kosiol, S Juranek, P Brossart, A Heine, K Paeschke - Molecular Cancer, 2021 - Springer
DNA and RNA can fold into a variety of alternative conformations. In recent years, a
particular nucleic acid structure was discussed to play a role in malignant transformation and …