{"title":"Recent Developments in G-Quadruplex Probes.","authors":"Dik-Lung Ma, Zhihong Zhang, Modi Wang, Lihua Lu, Hai-Jing Zhong, Chung-Hang Leung","doi":"10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.06.016","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Accumulating evidence has linked G-quadruplex structures to a number of biological processes in vivo, including DNA replication, transcription, and genomic maintenance. However, the precise function and mechanism of G-quadruplex formation in mammalian cells remains poorly defined. Therefore, the development of small-molecule G-quadruplex probes has attracted significant attention in recent years. This review highlights examples of G-quadruplex probes that have been reported over the last few years, some of which have been employed for cellular imaging or for use in the construction of G-quadruplex-based analytical sensing platforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":9772,"journal":{"name":"Chemistry & biology","volume":" ","pages":"812-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.06.016","citationCount":"147","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chemistry & biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.06.016","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2015/7/16 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Accumulating evidence has linked G-quadruplex structures to a number of biological processes in vivo, including DNA replication, transcription, and genomic maintenance. However, the precise function and mechanism of G-quadruplex formation in mammalian cells remains poorly defined. Therefore, the development of small-molecule G-quadruplex probes has attracted significant attention in recent years. This review highlights examples of G-quadruplex probes that have been reported over the last few years, some of which have been employed for cellular imaging or for use in the construction of G-quadruplex-based analytical sensing platforms.