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ArticleScientific reports2020

DNA:RNA hybrid G-quadruplex formation upstream of transcription start site.

Jia-Yu Zhang, Ye Xia, Yu-Hua Hao, Zheng Tan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jia-Yu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.
Ye XiaState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.
Yu-Hua HaoState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100101, P. R. China.
Zheng TanState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100101, P. R. China. z.tan@ioz.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Zoology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioinformatic analysis reveals an enrichment of putative DNA:RNA hybrid G-quadruplex-forming sequences (PHQS) on both sides of the transcription start sites (TSSs) in the genome of warm-blooded animals, suggesting a positive selection of PHQSs in evolution and functional role of DNA:RNA hybrid G-quadruplexes (HQs) in transcription. The formation of HQs downstream of TSS in transcribed DNA has been documented under in vitro conditions; however, it is still not known if such HQs can form at the upstream side of TSSs. In this study, we report that such HQs can form in transcription in DNA with two to three guanine tracts if RNA carrying the required number of G-tracts is supplied. We also show that the formation of such HQs is dependent on the negative supercoiling generated by RNA polymerases. These results suggest that HQs may also form at the upstream side of TSSs in vivo and play a role in transcription since the two requirements are satisfied in cells.

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G-QuadruplexesTranscription Initiation SiteBase SequenceComputational BiologyDNADNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesGuanineHumansNucleic Acid ConformationOligonucleotidesRNATranscription, GeneticDNADNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesGuanineOligonucleotidesRNA

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PMID32366914
PMCPMC7198591
OpenAlexW3022911224

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