G4-DNA formation in the HRAS promoter and rational design of decoy oligonucleotides for cancer therapy.

HRAS is a proto-oncogene involved in the tumorigenesis of urinary bladder cancer. In the HRAS promoter we identified two G-rich elements, hras-1 and hras-2, that fold, respectively, into an antiparallel and a parallel quadruplex (qhras-1, qhras-2). When we introduced in sequence hras-1 or hras-2 two...

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Main Authors: Alexandro Membrino, Susanna Cogoi, Erik B Pedersen, Luigi E Xodo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3169596?pdf=render