Generation of Synthetic Copolymer Libraries by Combinatorial Assembly on Nucleic Acid Templates

ACS Combinatorial Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 355-370

  Kong, Dehui ^a   Yeung, Wayland ^a   Hili, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamer; combinatorial assembly; modified nucleic acids; molecular evolution; sequence controlled; synthetic copolymer libraries

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA TEMPLATE; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 84978792033     PISSN: 21568952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.6b00059     Document Type: Review

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