Variable-temperature size exclusion chromatography for the study of the structural changes in G-quadruplex

The conformational equilibria of a guanine-rich sequence found at the promoter region of the human c-kit oncogene are studied by means of circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD) and variable-temperature Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC). It is shown that the wild sequence ckit21 exists as a mixture o...

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Autores: Benabou Zdaou, Sanae, Eritja i Casadellà, Ramon, Gargallo Gómez, Raimundo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/151262
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/151262
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Àcids nucleics
G-estructures
Oligonucleòtids
Nucleic acids
G-structures
Oligonucleotides
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Resumo:The conformational equilibria of a guanine-rich sequence found at the promoter region of the human c-kit oncogene are studied by means of circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD) and variable-temperature Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC). It is shown that the wild sequence ckit21 exists as a mixture of monomeric and multimeric G-quadruplex. Appropriate mutation of several bases in the wild sequence produces the shift from parallel to antiparallel G-quadruplex, as well as the disappearance of multimeric species. The shift from the antiparallel to the parallel conformation induced by temperature is reflected in both CD and SEC profiles.