Four-Stranded Nucleic Acid Structures 25 Years Later: From Guanosine Gels to Telomer DNA
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
- Vol. 8 (3) , 491-511
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.1990.10507825
Abstract
The subject of four-stranded nucleic acid structures is reviewed. Studies on gels formed by guanosine and its analogues have provided appropriate models for the structures of poly(I) and poly(G). The stabilizing influence of certain cations, in particular K+, on Guo-5′-P gels and poly(I) is discussed in the light of recent data on selective K+ stabilization of telomeric DNA structures. The topological possibilities these dG containing sequences could adopt are discussed. In particular the role of the glycosidic linkage (anti/syn), the polarity of the strands and the orientation of the G-tetrad stacks is highlighted.Keywords
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