Acyclic identification of aptamers for human alpha-thrombin using over-represented libraries and deep sequencing.

Aptamers are oligonucleotides that bind proteins and other targets with high affinity and selectivity. Twenty years ago elements of natural selection were adapted to in vitro selection in order to distinguish aptamers among randomized sequence libraries. The primary bottleneck in traditional aptamer...

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Main Authors: Gillian V Kupakuwana, James E Crill, Mark P McPike, Philip N Borer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3098231?pdf=render