Small-molecule binding aptamers: Selection strategies, characterization, and applications

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Ruscito, Annamaria ^a   DeRosa, Maria C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Biosensor; In vitro selection; SELEX; Small molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992692380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2016.00014     Document Type: Review

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