- Article
Spontaneous DNA Synapsis by Forming Noncanonical Intermolecular Structures
- Viacheslav Severov,
- Vladimir Tsvetkov,
- Nikolay Barinov,
- Vladislav Babenko,
- Dmitry Klinov and
- Galina Pozmogova
We report the spontaneous formation of DNA-DNA junctions in solution in the absence of proteins visualised using atomic force microscopy. The synapsis position fits with potential G-quadruplex (G4) sites. In contrast to the Holliday structure, these...

