Rationally designing aptamer sequences with reduced affinity for controlled sensor performance

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 7754-7767

  Schoukroun Barnes, Lauren R ^a   White, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Aptamer; Binding affinity; Electrochemical; Sensors; Therapeutic window

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BINDING ENERGY; DISSOCIATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SENSORS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; APTAMERS; BINDING AFFINITIES; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTROCHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID APTAMERS; PREDICTING THE SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SECONDARY STRUCTURE PREDICTION;

NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES;

EID: 84926384028     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150407754     Document Type: Article

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