Controlling G-quadruplex formation via lipid modification of oligonucleotide sequences.

G-quadruplexes (G4) represent attractive supramolecular scaffolds. In this communication, we show that the lipid modification of a G4 prone oligonucleotide sequence drastically increases the probability of forming tetramolecular parallel G4s with unprecedented conformational control over other unspecific oligomers or folds.