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Genetic variations in G-quadruplex forming sequences affect the transcription of human disease-related genes.
Nucleic acids research - 11 Dec 2023
Lorenzatti Agustín, Piga Ernesto J, Gismondi Mauro, Binolfi Andrés, Margarit Ezequiel, Calcaterra Nora B, Armas Pablo
Abstract excerpt
Guanine-rich DNA strands can fold into non-canonical four-stranded secondary structures named G-quadruplexes (G4s). G4s folded in proximal promoter regions (PPR) are associated either with positive or negative transcriptional regulation. Given that single nucleotide variants (SNVs) affecting G4 folding (G4-Vars) may alter gene transcription, and that SNVs are associated with the human diseases' onset, we...
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