This top view of a G -
quadruplex shows its structure in the DNA of a human telomere, where they frequently form.
Not exact matches
In vitro and in vivo analyses
showed that CEB1 repeats formed stable G -
quadruplex (G4) secondary structures and that the Pif1 protein unwinds these structures efficiently.
Using a model system that combines Xenopus egg extracts and DNA templates containing specific G -
quadruplex structures we have recently
shown that replication stalls in close proximity of such a structure.