A systematic study of the features critical for designing a high avidity multivalent aptamer

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-242

  Zhao, Xiaoching ^a   Lis, John T ^a   Shi, Hua ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; RNA;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84878246695     PISSN: 21593337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/nat.2012.0410     Document Type: Article

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