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ArticleJournal of nucleic acids2017

Putative HIV and SIV G-Quadruplex Sequences in Coding and Noncoding Regions Can Form G-Quadruplexes.

Petra Krafčíková, Erika Demkovičová, Andrea Halaganová, Viktor Víglaský

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Article in Journal of nucleic acids, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Petra KrafčíkováDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Safarik University, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia.
Erika DemkovičováDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Safarik University, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia.
Andrea HalaganováDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Safarik University, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia.
Viktor VíglaskýDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Safarik University, 04001 Kosice, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-9811-2278
Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HIV virus is one of the most studied viruses in the world. This is especially true in terms of gene sequencing, and to date more than 9 thousand genomic sequences of HIV isolates have been sequenced and analyzed. In this study, a series of DNA sequences, which have the potential to form G-quadruplex structures, is analyzed. Several such sequences were found in various coding and noncoding virus domains, including the U3 LTR, tat, rev, env, and vpx regions. Interestingly, a homological sequence to the already well-known HIV integrase aptamer was identified in the minus-strand. The sequences derived from original isolates were analyzed using standard spectral and electrophoretic methods. In addition, a recently developed methodology is applied which uses induced circular dichroism spectral profiles of G-quadruplex-ligand (Thiazole Orange) complexes to determine if G-rich sequences can adopt G-quadruplex structure. Targeting the G-quadruplexes or peptide domains corresponding to the G-rich coding sequence in HIV offers researchers attractive therapeutic targets which would be of particular use in the development of novel antiviral therapies. The analysis of G-rich regions can provide researchers with a path to find specific targets which could be of interest for specific types of virus.

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