Elevated levels of G-quadruplex formation in human stomach and liver cancer tissues.

Four-stranded G-quadruplex DNA secondary structures have recently been visualized in the nuclei of human cultured cells. Here, we show that BG4, a G-quadruplex-specific antibody, can be used to stain DNA G-quadruplex structures in patient-derived tissues using immunohistochemistry. We observe a sign...

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Main Authors: Giulia Biffi, David Tannahill, Jodi Miller, William J Howat, Shankar Balasubramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4102534?pdf=render