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ArticleBiomacromolecules2025

Polymeric Properties of Telomeric G-Quadruplex Multimers: Effects of Chemically Inert Crowders.

Deniz Mostarac, Mattia Trapella, Luca Bertini, Lucia Comez, Alessandro Paciaroni, Cristiano De Michele

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Rational Polyligand Design for G-Quadruplex Multimer Stabilization.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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Deniz MostaracDepartment of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4084-6046
Mattia TrapellaDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Luca BertiniDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Lucia ComezCNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), 06123 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5160-6844
Alessandro PaciaroniDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3952-1634
Cristiano De MicheleDepartment of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8367-0610

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-quadruplexes are noncanonical DNA structures rather ubiquitous in the human genome, which are thought to play a crucial role in the development of the majority of cancers. Here, we present a novel coarse-grained approach in modeling G-quadruplexes that accounts for their structural flexibility. We apply it to study the polymeric properties of G-quadruplex multimers, with and without crowder molecules, to mimic in vivo conditions. We find that, contrary to some suggestions found in the literature, long G-quadruplex multimers are rather flexible polymeric macromolecules, with a local persistence length comparable to monomer size, exhibiting a chain stiffness variation profile consistent with a real polymer in good solvent. Moreover, in a crowded environment (up to 10% volume fraction), we report that G-quadruplex multimers exhibit an increased propensity for coiling, with a corresponding decrease in the measured chain stiffness.

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DNAG-QuadruplexesPolymersTelomereHumansDNAPolymers

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PMID40199738
PMCPMC12076513

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