Aptamers: Multifunctional molecules for biomedical research

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1333-1342

  Banerjee, Jayeeta ^a   Nilsen Hamilton, Marit ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Biosensors; Drug delivery; In vitro selection; Modified nucleic acid; SELEX

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APTAMER; AS 1411; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPN R3; OSTEOPONTIN; PEGAPTANIB; PEPTIDE APTAMER; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PRION PROTEIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANGIOMA; ANTICOAGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; FLUORESCENCE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO SELECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHAGE DISPLAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTENOSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS PARTICLE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; LIGANDS; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84890312796     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1085-2     Document Type: Review

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