Aptamer–protein interactions: from regulation to biomolecular detection

C Ji, J Wei, L Zhang, X Hou, J Tan, Q Yuan… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Serving as the basis of cell life, interactions between nucleic acids and proteins play
essential roles in fundamental cellular processes. Aptamers are unique single-stranded …

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 …

Microfluidic space coding for multiplexed nucleic acid detection via CRISPR-Cas12a and recombinase polymerase amplification

Z Xu, D Chen, T Li, J Yan, J Zhu, T He, R Hu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Fast, inexpensive, and multiplexed detection of multiple nucleic acids is of great importance
to human health, yet it still represents a significant challenge. Herein, we propose a nucleic …

Strategies to manipulate the performance of aptamers in SELEX, post-SELEX and microenvironment

S Qi, N Duan, IM Khan, X Dong, Y Zhang, S Wu… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aptamers are short single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides isolated from randomized
libraries, presenting high affinity and specificity toward targets with similar to antibodies …

A high-dimensional microfluidic approach for selection of aptamers with programmable binding affinities

D Chang, Z Wang, CD Flynn, A Mahmud, M Labib… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aptamers are being applied as affinity reagents in analytical applications owing to their high
stability, compact size and amenability to chemical modification. Generating aptamers with …

High‐affinity dimeric aptamers enable the rapid electrochemical detection of wild‐type and B. 1.1. 7 SARS‐CoV‐2 in unprocessed saliva

Z Zhang, R Pandey, J Li, J Gu, D White… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report a simple and rapid saliva‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 antigen test that utilizes a newly
developed dimeric DNA aptamer, denoted as DSA1N5, that specifically recognizes the spike …

Aptamer-based assembly systems for SARS-CoV-2 detection and therapeutics

Y Dong, J Wang, L Chen, H Chen, S Dang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nucleic acid aptamers are oligonucleotide chains with molecular recognition properties.
Compared with antibodies, aptamers show advantages given that they are readily produced …

Aptamer-based biosensors for virus protein detection

B Lou, Y Liu, M Shi, J Chen, K Li, Y Tan, L Chen… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Virus threatens life health seriously. The accurate early diagnosis of the virus is vital for
clinical control and treatment of virus infection. Aptamers are small single-stranded …

Development of Nucleic‐Acid‐Based Electrochemical Biosensors for Clinical Applications

Z Zhang, P Sen, BR Adhikari, Y Li… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleic acids are remarkable molecules. In addition to Watson–Crick base pairing, the
different structural motifs of these molecules can bind non‐nucleic acid targets or catalyze …

Aptamers from random sequence space: Accomplishments, gaps and future considerations

S Qian, D Chang, S He, Y Li - Analytica chimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Aptamers are molecular recognition elements made of nucleic acids. Diverse synthetic
aptamers have been discovered in a large number of SELEX experiments since 1990. This …