Why is having too many G’s in my sequence problematic?

Poly guanosine and deoxyguanosine stretches (anything over four in a row) have the propensity to form tetraplexes (complexes consisting of four different strands all bound at the poly G region. These complexes are very tight and make oligonucleotide synthesis difficult. We highly recommend against these sequences. We have been successful in some cases, but we are hesitant to guarantee results.