Exploring Sequence Space through Automated Aptamer Selection

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-218

  Lee, Jennifer F ^a   Cox, J Colin ^b   Collett, James R ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamers; fitness landscapes; in vitro selection; sequence space

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DNA; LABORATORIES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; RNA; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

APTAMERS; AUTOMATED APTAMER SELECTION; FITNESS LANDSCAPES; LYSOZYME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE SPACE;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

APTAMER; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO SELECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROBOTICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 23844512476     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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