Improvement of RNA aptamer activity against myasthenic autoantibodies by extended sequence selection

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 656-662

  Hwang, Byounghoon ^a   Lee, Seong Wook ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Autoantibody; in vitro selection; RNA aptamer, myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; AUTOANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO SELECTION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0036290492     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6252     Document Type: Article

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