Evolution of aptamers with a new specificity and new secondary structures from an ATP aptamer

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1456-1463

  Huang, Zhen ^a   Szostak, Jack W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Fold; RNA evolution; Selection; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APTAMER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIGAND; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; RNA; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; EVOLUTION; IN VITRO SELECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0344874269     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5990203     Document Type: Article

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