Recent developments in G-quadruplex probes

DL Ma, Z Zhang, M Wang, L Lu, HJ Zhong… - Chemistry & Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Accumulating evidence has linked G-quadruplex structures to a number of biological
processes in vivo, including DNA replication, transcription, and genomic maintenance …

[HTML][HTML] Major achievements in the design of quadruplex-interactive small molecules

E Mendes, IM Aljnadi, B Bahls, BL Victor, A Paulo - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Organic small molecules that can recognize and bind to G-quadruplex and i-Motif nucleic
acids have great potential as selective drugs or as tools in drug target discovery programs …

The advantages of SMRT sequencing

RJ Roberts, MO Carneiro, MC Schatz - Genome biology, 2013 - Springer
Of the current next-generation sequencing technologies, SMRT sequencing is sometimes
overlooked. However, attributes such as long reads, modified base detection and high …

Role of alkali metal ions in G-quadruplex nucleic acid structure and stability

E Largy, JL Mergny, V Gabelica - The alkali metal ions: Their role for life, 2016 - Springer
G-quadruplexes are guanine-rich nucleic acids that fold by forming successive quartets of
guanines (the G-tetrads), stabilized by intra-quartet hydrogen bonds, inter-quartet stacking …

Solution structure of an intramolecular (3+ 1) human telomeric G-quadruplex bound to a telomestatin derivative

WJ Chung, B Heddi, M Tera, K Iida… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Guanine-rich human telomeric DNA can adopt secondary structures known as G-
quadruplexes, which can be targeted by small molecules to achieve anticancer effects. So …

Base pair fraying in molecular dynamics simulations of DNA and RNA

M Zgarbová, M Otyepka, J Sponer… - Journal of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Terminal base pairs of DNA and RNA molecules in solution are known to undergo frequent
transient opening events (fraying). Accurate modeling of this process is important because of …

Structure, properties, and biological relevance of the DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes: Overview 50 years after their discovery

NG Dolinnaya, AM Ogloblina, MG Yakubovskaya - Biochemistry (Moscow), 2016 - Springer
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s), which are known to have important roles in regulation of key
biological processes in both normal and pathological cells, are the most actively studied non …

The beginning and the end: flanking nucleotides induce a parallel G-quadruplex topology

J Chen, M Cheng, GF Salgado… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Genomic sequences susceptible to form G-quadruplexes (G4s) are always flanked by other
nucleotides, but G4 formation in vitro is generally studied with short synthetic DNA or RNA …

Relative stability of different DNA guanine quadruplex stem topologies derived using large-scale quantum-chemical computations

J Sponer, A Mladek, N Spackova, X Cang… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We provide theoretical predictions of the intrinsic stability of different arrangements of
guanine quadruplex (G-DNA) stems. Most computational studies of nucleic acids have …

Structured waters mediate small molecule binding to G-quadruplex nucleic acids

S Neidle - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The role of G-quadruplexes in human cancers is increasingly well-defined. Accordingly, G-
quadruplexes can be suitable drug targets and many small molecules have been identified …