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 …

The structure and function of DNA G-quadruplexes

J Spiegel, S Adhikari, S Balasubramanian - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Guanine-rich DNA sequences can fold into four-stranded, noncanonical secondary
structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s). G4s were initially considered a structural curiosity …

DNA G-quadruplex structures: more than simple roadblocks to transcription?

J Robinson, F Raguseo, SP Nuccio… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It has been> 20 years since the formation of G-quadruplex (G4) secondary structures in
gene promoters was first linked to the regulation of gene expression. Since then, the …

G-quadruplexes are transcription factor binding hubs in human chromatin

J Spiegel, SM Cuesta, S Adhikari, R Hänsel-Hertsch… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background The binding of transcription factors (TF) to genomic targets is critical in the
regulation of gene expression. Short, double-stranded DNA sequence motifs are routinely …

G-quadruplex structures mark human regulatory chromatin

R Hänsel-Hertsch, D Beraldi, SV Lensing, G Marsico… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract G-quadruplex (G4) structural motifs have been linked to transcription 1, 2,
replication 3 and genome instability 4, 5 and are implicated in cancer and other diseases 6 …

G-quadruplexes and G-quadruplex ligands: targets and tools in antiviral therapy

E Ruggiero, SN Richter - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s) are non-canonical nucleic acids secondary structures that
form within guanine-rich strands of regulatory genomic regions. G4s have been extensively …

Promoter G-quadruplexes and transcription factors cooperate to shape the cell type-specific transcriptome

S Lago, M Nadai, FM Cernilogar, M Kazerani… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cell identity is maintained by activation of cell-specific gene programs, regulated by
epigenetic marks, transcription factors and chromatin organization. DNA G-quadruplex (G4) …

Chemical profiling of DNA G-quadruplex-interacting proteins in live cells

X Zhang, J Spiegel, S Martínez Cuesta, S Adhikari… - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
DNA–protein interactions regulate critical biological processes. Identifying proteins that bind
to specific, functional genomic loci is essential to understand the underlying regulatory …

Sp1 and the 'hallmarks of cancer'

K Beishline, J Azizkhan‐Clifford - The FEBS journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For many years, transcription factor Sp1 was viewed as a basal transcription factor and
relegated to a role in the regulation of so‐called housekeeping genes. Identification of Sp1's …

Oxidative DNA damage is epigenetic by regulating gene transcription via base excision repair

AM Fleming, Y Ding… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have emerged as important cellular-signaling agents for
cellular survival. Herein, we demonstrate that ROS-mediated oxidation of DNA to yield 8-oxo …