Comparison of the 'chemical' and 'structural' approaches to the optimization of the thrombin-binding aptamer.

Noncanonically structured DNA aptamers to thrombin were examined. Two different approaches were used to improve stability, binding affinity and biological activity of a known thrombin-binding aptamer. These approaches are chemical modification and the addition of a duplex module to the aptamer core...

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Main Authors: Olga Tatarinova, Vladimir Tsvetkov, Dmitry Basmanov, Nikolay Barinov, Igor Smirnov, Edward Timofeev, Dmitry Kaluzhny, Andrey Chuvilin, Dmitry Klinov, Anna Varizhuk, Galina Pozmogova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3930721?pdf=render