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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2022

DNA G-Quadruplex Recognition In Vitro and in Live Cells by a Structure-Specific Nanobody.

Silvia Galli, Larry Melidis, Sean M Flynn, Dhaval Varshney, Angela Simeone, Jochen Spiegel, Sarah K Madden, David Tannahill, Shankar Balasubramanian

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. G-Quadruplexes: Structural Diversity and Emerging Roles in Biomolecular Condensation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvia GalliCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3316-0161
Larry MelidisCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-6853-2722
Sean M FlynnCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7326-2659
Dhaval VarshneyCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-9197-9821
Angela SimeoneCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-0663-0121
Jochen SpiegelCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7641-1066
Sarah K MaddenCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-6858-7651
David TannahillCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3811-6864
Shankar BalasubramanianCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-0281-5815
University of Cambridge · GBCancer Research UK · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 18618Cancer Research UK 19836Cancer Research UK 29214Cancer Research UK C9545/A19836Cancer Research UK C9681/A129214Wellcome Trust 209441/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-quadruplexes (G4s) are four-stranded DNA secondary structures that occur in the human genome and play key roles in transcription, replication, and genome stability. G4-specific molecular probes are of vital importance to elucidate the structure and function of G4s. The scFv antibody BG4 has been a widely used G4 probe but has various limitations, including relatively poor in vitro expression and the inability to be expressed intracellularly to interrogate G4s in live cells. To address these considerations, we describe herein the development of SG4, a camelid heavy-chain-only derived nanobody that was selected against the human Myc DNA G4 structure. SG4 exhibits low nanomolar affinity for a wide range of folded G4 structures in vitro. We employed AlphaFold combined with molecular dynamics simulations to construct a molecular model for the G4-nanobody interaction. The structural model accurately explains the role of key amino acids and

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G-QuadruplexesChromatinDNAHumansChromatinDNA

Identifiers

PMID36488193
PMCPMC9782783
OpenAlexW4312017432

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