Applications of high-throughput sequencing for in vitro selection and characterization of aptamers

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Quang, Nam Nguyen ^a,b   Perret, Gérald ^c   Ducongé, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a Molecular Imaging Research Center   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c LFB   (France)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Evolution; Fitness landscape; High throughput sequencing; SELEX

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN VITRO SELECTION; LANDSCAPE;

EID: 85007427267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph9040076     Document Type: Review

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