The G-quadruplexes formed from G-rich strands in the telomere and oncogene-promoter regions are regarded as new promising targets in the cancer therapy.A G-quadruplex in the downstream flanking region of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) gene was explored.Its folding patterns were proposed to be 3∶2∶2 and 3∶3∶1 loop isomers by the mutation analysis by CD spectroscopy.The structures were constructed and refined by molecular modeling method.