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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Parasitic Protozoa: Unusual Roles for G-Quadruplexes in Early-Diverging Eukaryotes.

Franck Dumetz, Catherine J Merrick

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Franck DumetzDepartment of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK. fd353@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8790-9986
Catherine J MerrickDepartment of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK. cjm48@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7583-2176
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/P010873Medical Research Council MR/P010873/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guanine-quadruplex (G4) motifs, at both the DNA and RNA levels, have assumed an important place in our understanding of the biology of eukaryotes, bacteria and viruses. However, it is generally little known that their very first description, as well as the foundational work on G4s, was performed on protozoans: unicellular life forms that are often parasitic. In this review, we provide a historical perspective on the discovery of G4s, intertwined with their biological significance across the protozoan kingdom. This is a history in three parts: first, a period of discovery including the first characterisation of a G4 motif at the DNA level in ciliates (environmental protozoa); second, a period less dense in publications concerning protozoa, during which DNA G4s were discovered in both humans and viruses; and third, a period of renewed interest in protozoa, including more mechanistic work in ciliates but also in pathogenic protozoa. This last period has opened an exciting prospect of finding new anti-parasitic drugs to interfere with parasite biology, thus adding new compounds to the therapeutic arsenal.

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G-QuadruplexesAnimalsAntiparasitic AgentsDNA, ProtozoanEukaryotaHumansParasitesParasitic DiseasesRNAVirusesAntiparasitic AgentsDNA, ProtozoanRNAG4G-quadruplexprotozoa

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PMID30959737
PMCPMC6480360
OpenAlexW2929547151

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