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Thermally activated history-dependent homogenization of G-quadruplexes in an ALS/FTD-associated gene.
Biophysical journal - 17 Mar 2026
Ross Daniel, Lewis Olivia, McLean Olivia, Bhanot Sundeep, Donahue Shane, Baker Rachael, Dias Randi, Eagerton David, Mohanty Vaibhav, Mohanty Bidyut K
Abstract excerpt
A significant proportion of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia cases exhibit a substantial copy number expansion of the hexanucleotide GGGGCC/GGCCCC sequence in the C9ORF72 gene. The GGGGCC sequence forms a noncanonical DNA structure called a G-quadruplex (G4), which has been associated with the disease states and with nucleic acid condensate formation. G4s can fold into various...
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