Aptamers

• Main Author: Andrew Brian Kinghorn (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Yee-Wai Cheung (Ed.) (auth), Julian Alexander Tanner (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; riboswitch; DNAzyme; aptamer; SELEX
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Aptamers are in vitro selected oligonucleotides capable of specific, high-affinity binding to a wide variety of target molecules. These features enable their application in diagnostics, therapeutics, targeted delivery, fluorescence imaging, and biosensing. Aptamers are isolated via the systematic ev...