The Toolbox for Modified Aptamers

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 79-92

  Lapa, Sergey A ^a   Chudinov, Alexander V ^a   Timofeev, Edward N ^a  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Modification; Molecular evolution; Non natural nucleoside triphosphates; Nucleic acids; Nucleotides; PCR; Polymerases; Primer extension; SELEX

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; LIBRARIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS;

APTAMERS; MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATES; PCR; POLYMERASES; PRIMER EXTENSION; SELEX;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APTAMER; DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMATIC EVOLUTION OF LIGANDS BY EXPONENTIAL ENRICHMENT APTAMER TECHNIQUE;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; NUCLEOTIDES; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84956663146     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-015-9907-9     Document Type: Review

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