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 …

Review on the selection of aptamers and application in paper-based sensors

K Wang, M Wang, T Ma, W Li, H Zhang - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
An aptamer is a synthetic oligonucleotide, referring to a single-stranded deoxyribonucleic
acid or ribonucleic acid ligand produced by synthesis from outside the body using …

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 …

Chemistry and biology of self-cleaving ribozymes

RM Jimenez, JA Polanco, A Lupták - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Self-cleaving ribozymes were discovered 30 years ago, but their biological distribution and
catalytic mechanisms are only beginning to be defined. Each ribozyme family is defined by a …

Advances in aptamer screening technologies

J Yan, H **ong, S Cai, N Wen, Q He, Y Liu, D Peng… - Talanta, 2019 - Elsevier
Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) is a well-established
technology for the screening of aptamers binding to various targets with relatively high …

In silico molecular docking in DNA aptamer development

TN Navien, R Thevendran, HY Hamdani, TH Tang… - Biochimie, 2021 - Elsevier
Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides generated by SELEX that
exhibit binding affinity and specificity against a wide variety of target molecules. Compared …

The ubiquitous hammerhead ribozyme

C Hammann, A Luptak, J Perreault, M De La Peña - Rna, 2012 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The hammerhead ribozyme is a small catalytic RNA motif capable of endonucleolytic (self-)
cleavage. It is composed of a catalytic core of conserved nucleotides flanked by three …

Transcription factor clusters regulate genes in eukaryotic cells

AJM Wollman, S Shashkova, EG Hedlund, R Friemann… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Transcription is regulated through binding factors to gene promoters to activate or repress
expression, however, the mechanisms by which factors find targets remain unclear. Using …

HDV-like self-cleaving ribozymes

CHT Webb, A Lupták - RNA biology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
HDV ribozymes catalyze their own scission from the transcript during rolling circle replication
of the hepatitis delta virus. In vitro selection of self-cleaving ribozymes from a human …

3′ Cap-independent translation enhancers of positive-strand RNA plant viruses

BL Nicholson, KA White - Current opinion in virology, 2011 - Elsevier
Positive-strand RNA plant viruses that are neither 5′-capped nor 3′-polyadenylated use
nontraditional mechanisms to recruit ribosomes to the 5′-end of their viral genomes. One …