Ion-dependent conformational switching by a DNA aptamer that induces remyelination in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1329-1342

  Smestad, John ^a   James Maher, L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFATE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; LJM 3064; PEPTIDE APTAMER; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DNA PROBE; DRUG STABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REMYELINIZATION; TERMINAL OLIGOPYRIMIDINE TRACT; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; CATIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

THEILER'S ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84875458259     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1093     Document Type: Article

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