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 …

Methods and applications of in silico aptamer design and modeling

AA Buglak, AV Samokhvalov, AV Zherdev… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Aptamers are nucleic acid analogues of antibodies with high affinity to different targets, such
as cells, viruses, proteins, inorganic materials, and coenzymes. Empirical approaches allow …

Design and prediction of aptamers assisted by in silico methods

SJ Lee, J Cho, BH Lee, D Hwang, JW Park - Biomedicines, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
An aptamer is a single-stranded DNA or RNA that binds to a specific target with high binding
affinity. Aptamers are developed through the process of systematic evolution of ligands by …

Artificial intelligence in aptamer–target binding prediction

Z Chen, L Hu, BT Zhang, A Lu, Y Wang, Y Yu… - International journal of …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Aptamers are short single-stranded DNA, RNA, or synthetic Xeno nucleic acids (XNA)
molecules that can interact with corresponding targets with high affinity. Owing to their …

Synthetic riboswitches: from plug and pray toward plug and play

M Etzel, M Mörl - Biochemistry, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
In synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and gene therapy, there is a strong demand for
orthogonal or externally controlled regulation of gene expression. Here, RNA-based …

Screening of a High-Affinity Aptamer for Aflatoxin M1 and Development of Its Colorimetric Aptasensor

X Wei, P Ma, K Imran Mahmood… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a secondary metabolite of Aspergillus spp., is highly toxic and widely
present in food matrices. Therefore, the detection of AFM1 is of great importance for the …

A review: Construction of aptamer screening methods based on improving the screening rate of key steps

X Wei, P Ma, KI Mahmood, Y Zhang, Z Wang - Talanta, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Aptamers, as recognition molecules, play an important role in the field of detection and
control. Screening is the key procedure to obtain aptamers. Improving the aptamer …

Opportunities in the design and application of RNA for gene expression control

M McKeague, RS Wong, CD Smolke - Nucleic acids research, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
The past decade of synthetic biology research has witnessed numerous advances in the
development of tools and frameworks for the design and characterization of biological …

Inspirations of biomimetic affinity ligands: a review

AA Topçu, S Kılıç, E Özgür, D Türkmen… - ACS …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Affinity chromatography is a well-known method dependent on molecular recognition and is
used to purify biomolecules by mimicking the specific interactions between the biomolecules …

Structure‐and interaction‐based design of anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 aptamers

V Mironov, IA Shchugoreva… - … A European Journal, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aptamer selection against novel infections is a complicated and time‐consuming approach.
Synergy can be achieved by using computational methods together with experimental …