Figure 1.
Examples of G-quadruplexes. (A) An intramolecular G-quadruplex of three G-quartet layers. (B) Intermolecular G-quadruplexes composed of two, three and four nucleic acid strands, respectively. (C) An intramolecular G-quadruplex in dsDNA. (D) An DNA:RNA hybrid quadruplex (HQ) in dsDNA.