ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2021
The Cellular Functions and Molecular Mechanisms of G-Quadruplex Unwinding Helicases in Humans.
Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 17 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- BRIP1, a G-quadruplex DNA helicase, protects against AID-induced genomic instability by limiting R-loop accumulation.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Cryo-EM structures of human FANCJ reveal the mechanism of G-quadruplex unwinding and disease-associated mutations.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Review
- How DNA secondary structures drive replication fork instability.DNA repair · 2025Review
- Overcoming natural replication barriers formed by DNA structures and the role of repositioning to the nuclear periphery.DNA repair · 2025Review
- The stability and unfolding of DNA: RNA hybrid G-quadruplexes.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- G-quadruplex stabilization induces DNA breaks in pericentromeric repetitive DNA sequences in B lymphocytes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Review
- Unwinding process of DNA/RNA quadruplexes by proteins under label-free nanopore monitoring.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- DDX RNA helicases: key players in cellular homeostasis and innate antiviral immunity.Journal of virology · 2024Review
- A Compendium of G-Flipon Biological Functions That Have Experimental Validation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- HLTF resolves G4s and promotes G4-induced replication fork slowing to maintain genome stability.Molecular cell · 2024Article
- G-Quadruplex Forming DNA Sequence Context Is Enriched around Points of Somatic Mutations in a Subset of Multiple Myeloma Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Purification and biochemical characterization of the G4 resolvase and DNA helicase FANCJ.Methods in enzymology · 2024Article
- RPA engages telomeric G-quadruplexes more effectively than CST.Nucleic acids research · 2023Article
- Selective, Disruptive Luminescent Ru(II) Polypyridyl Probes of G-Quadruplex.Inorganic chemistry · 2023Article
- Characterization of G-Quadruplexes in Enterovirus A71 Genome and Their Interaction with G-Quadruplex Ligands.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are stable non-canonical secondary structures formed by G-rich DNA or RNA sequences. They play various regulatory roles in many biological processes. It is commonly agreed that G4 unwinding helicases play key roles in G4 metabolism and function, and these processes are closely related to physiological and pathological processes. In recent years, more and more functional and mechanistic details of G4 helicases have been discovered; therefore, it is necessary to carefully sort out the current research efforts. Here, we provide a systematic summary of G4 unwinding helicases from the perspective of functions and molecular mechanisms. First, we provide a general introduction about helicases and G4s. Next, we comprehensively summarize G4 unfolding helicases in humans and their proposed cellular functions. Then, we review their study methods and molecular mechanisms. Finally, we share our perspective on further prospects. We believe this review will provide opportunities for researchers to reach the frontiers in the functions and molecular mechanisms of human G4 unwinding helicases.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.