Research Article

Effects of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Epigenetic Modification on the Stability and Molecular Recognition of VEGF i-Motif and G-Quadruplex Structures

Table 1

The promoter sequence (24 mer) of the VEGF gene and its modifications for both G4/iM-forming regions. X denotes the 5-hydroxymethylated cytosine of each oligonucleotide sequence.

5′GACCCCGCCCCCGGCCCGCCCCGG3′
5′GACCCXGCCCCCGGCCCGCCCCGG3′
5′GACCCCGCCCXCGGCCCGCCCCGG3′
5′GACCCCGCCCCCGGCCXGCCCCGG3′
5′GACCCCGCCCCCGGCCCGCCXCGG3′

5′CCGTTGCGTGCCGTTTGCGTTGTC3′
5′CCGGGGCGGGCCGGGGGCGGGGTC3′
5′CCGGGGXGGGCCGGGGGCGGGGTC3′
5′CCGGGGCGGGXCGGGGGCGGGGTC3′
5′CCGGGGCGGGCCGGGGGXGGGGTC3′