G - 四聯體（英語：G-quadruplex、G-tetrads 或 G4-DNA）是一種由富含鳥嘌呤的核酸序列所構成的四股型態。含有經由胡斯坦 (Hoogsteen) 氫鍵維持穩定，並由鳥嘌呤以正方形方式排列而成的結構。在方形中央有一個單價陽離子（通常是鉀）。這種結構可見於 DNA、RNA、LNA（鎖核酸）與 PNA（肽核酸）；根據形成四聯體的各股的方向，可能有分子內（intramolecular）、雙分子（bimolecular）或四分子（tetramolecular）等不同類型。

在四聯體的結構中，我們可以根據四股的方向，將結構分為平行和反平行。



註釋



參考文獻


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外部連結


* Nanopore and Aptamer Biosensor group（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）{NAB group}

四聯體網站


* COST MP0802 Quadruplex Network – the European network of G-quadruplex community: From first principles to applications

* Quadruplex.org – a website to serve the quadruplex community

* G-Quadruplex World（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） – a website to discuss publications and other information of interest to those working in the field of G-quadruplexes

* Quadbase – downloadable data on predicted G-quadruplexes

* Greglist – a database listing potential G-quadruplex regulated genes

* Database on Quadruplex information: QuadBase from IGIB

* GRSDB（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）- a database of G-quadruplexes near RNA processing sites.

* GRS\_UTRdb- a database of G-quadruplexes in the UTRs.

* G-quadruplex Resource Site（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

* non-B Motif Search Tool at non-B DB- a web server to predict G-quadruplex forming motifs and other non-B DNA forming motifs from users' DNA sequences.

預測 G - 四聯體的工具


* Quadparser: Downloadable program for finding putative quadruplex-forming sequences（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） from Balasubramanian's group.

* QGRS Mapper: a web-based application for predicting G-quadruplexes in nucleotide sequences and NCBI genes（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） from Bagga's group.

* Quadfinder: Tool for Prediction and Analysis of G Quadruplex Motifs in DNA/RNA Sequences from Maiti's group, IGIB, Delhi, India