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ReviewCrop health2025

G-quadruplex structure in plants and insects and potential applications in pest control.

Xiaojuan Zhang, Lijun Xiang, Jin Li, Qili Feng, Kangkang Niu

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Review in Crop health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Xiaojuan ZhangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
Lijun XiangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
Jin LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
Qili FengGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China. qlfeng@scnu.edu.cn.
Kangkang NiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China. kkniu@m.scnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0050-5741

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31930102National Natural Science Foundation of China 32102610National Natural Science Foundation of China 32250710148National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370514
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The guanine-enriched regions of nucleic acids can adopt four-stranded G-quadruplex structures (G4s). Considerable evidence reveals that predicted G4-forming sequences prevalently exist in the genomes of various organisms. The abundant G4 formation linked G4s to fundamental biological processes such as transcription, replication, translation and telomere protection. G4s are also known to be closely associated with many diseases, especially cancer. However, an increasing number of studies have investigated the critical roles of G4s in the development of plants and insects. In this review, we discuss the characteristics of the distribution and regulation of G4s and their biological roles in plants and insects, as well as the potential application of G4s as molecular targets in pest control.

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DNA advanced structureG-quadruplexInsectPest controlPlant

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