Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PLIM-G4 (Long-lived optical probes to image G-quadruplex DNA in live cells)

Genomic DNA typically exists as a double helix stabilized by hydrogen bonding interactions between Watson-Crick base pairs. However, it is also known that DNA can adopt various other non-canonical conformations including hairpin, triplex, homo-duplex, quadruplex etc. depending...