DNA binding
G-quadruplex DNA binding
Binding to G-quadruplex DNA structures, in which groups of four guanines adopt a flat, cyclic Hoogsteen hydrogen-bonding arrangement known as a guanine tetrad. The stacking of guanine tetrads results in G-quadruplex DNA structures. G-quadruplex DNA can form under physiological conditions from some G-rich sequences, such as those found in telomeres, immunoglobulin switch regions, gene promoters, fragile X repeats, and the dimerization domain in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genome.
G quadruplex DNA binding
G-quartet binding
GO:0051880
G-DNA binding
tetraplex DNA binding
quadruplex DNA binding
molecular_function
G-quartet DNA binding
G quartet binding
G quartet DNA binding