The joys of in vitro selection: chemically dressing oligonucleotides to satiate protein targets

BE Eaton - Current opinion in chemical biology, 1997 - Elsevier
BE Eaton
Current opinion in chemical biology, 1997Elsevier
Oligonucleotide in vitro selection provides surprisingly specific aptamers to protein targets.
Synthetic chemistries for modifying nucleotides have been developed to enhance aptamer
binding affinity. The diversity of nucleosides amenable to either triphosphate synthesis or
phosphoramidite activation is now sufficiently broad to rival any oligomeric combinatorial
library.
Oligonucleotide in vitro selection provides surprisingly specific aptamers to protein targets. Synthetic chemistries for modifying nucleotides have been developed to enhance aptamer binding affinity. The diversity of nucleosides amenable to either triphosphate synthesis or phosphoramidite activation is now sufficiently broad to rival any oligomeric combinatorial library.
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