Functional DNA nanotechnology: emerging applications of DNAzymes and aptamers

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 580-588

  Lu, Yi ^a   Liu, Juewen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

APTAMERS; DNAZYME; NANOSCALE ARCHITECTURES;

DNA;

ANTITHROMBIN; APTAMER; BIOMATERIAL; DNA; DNAZYME; ENZYME; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CONJUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTUM DOT; REVIEW;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BINDING SITES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; DNA, CATALYTIC; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33751247017     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.10.004     Document Type: Review

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