Development of better aptamers: Structured library approaches, selection methods, and chemical modifications

A Brown, J Brill, R Amini, C Nurmi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) has been used to
discover thousands of aptamers since its development in 1990. Aptamers are short single …

Advances and challenges in small‐molecule DNA aptamer isolation, characterization, and sensor development

H Yu, O Alkhamis, J Canoura, Y Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aptamers are short oligonucleotides isolated in vitro from randomized libraries that can bind
to specific molecules with high affinity, and offer a number of advantages relative to …

Pushing adenosine and ATP SELEX for DNA aptamers with nanomolar affinity

Y Ding, J Liu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
The classical DNA aptamer for adenosine and ATP has been the most used small molecule
binding aptamer for biosensing, imaging, and DNA nanotechnology. This sequence has …

[HTML][HTML] Three decades of nucleic acid aptamer technologies: Lessons learned, progress and opportunities on aptamer development

T Wang, C Chen, LM Larcher, RA Barrero… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aptamers are short single-stranded nucleic acid sequences capable of binding to target
molecules in a way similar to antibodies. Due to various advantages such as prolonged …

Guide to selecting a biorecognition element for biosensors

MA Morales, JM Halpern - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biosensors are powerful diagnostic tools defined as having a biorecognition element for
analyte specificity and a transducer for a quantifiable signal. There are a variety of different …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in aptameric biosensors designed to detect toxic contaminants from food, water, human fluids, and the environment

US Kadam, JC Hong - Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Detection of toxic small molecule contaminants with sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity is a
challenging task. Traditionally used HPLC and mass spectrometry-based assays suffer from …

Investigations on the interface of nucleic acid aptamers and binding targets

S Cai, J Yan, H **ong, Y Liu, D Peng, Z Liu - Analyst, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nucleic acid aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA of 20–100 nucleotides in length that
have attracted substantial scientific interest due to their ability to specifically bind to target …

Dopamine and melamine binding to gold nanoparticles dominates their aptamer-based label-free colorimetric sensing

X Liu, F He, F Zhang, Z Zhang, Z Huang… - Analytical chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Target-directed aptamer adsorption by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been widely used to
develop label-free colorimetric biosensors. However, the potential interactions between …

Perspective on the future role of aptamers in analytical chemistry

Y Wu, I Belmonte, KS Sykes, Y **ao… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
It has been almost 30 years since the invention of Systematic Evolution of Ligands by
Exponential Enrichment (SELEX) methodology and the description of the first aptamers. In …

Assays to estimate the binding affinity of aptamers

R Thevendran, M Citartan - Talanta, 2022 - Elsevier
Aptamers have become coming-of-age molecular recognition elements in both diagnostic
and therapeutic applications. Generated by SELEX, the 'quality control'of aptamers, which …