Emerging roles of i-motif in gene expression and disease treatment

• Main Authors: Xiaoqing Luo (Author), Jianye Zhang (Author), Yue Gao (Author), Weifei Pan (Author), Yayuan Yang (Author), Xu Li (Author), Lingfei Chen (Author), Chang Wang (Author), Yuqing Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As non-canonical nucleic acid secondary structures consisting of cytosine-rich nucleic acids, i-motifs can form under certain conditions. Several i-motif sequences have been identified in the human genome and play important roles in biological regulatory functions. Due to their physicochemical prope...