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Key aspects of nucleic acid library design for in vitro selection. / Vorobyeva, Maria A.; Davydova, Anna S.; Vorobjev, Pavel E. et al.
In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 2, 470, 05.02.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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T1 - Key aspects of nucleic acid library design for in vitro selection
AU - Vorobyeva, Maria A.
AU - Davydova, Anna S.
AU - Vorobjev, Pavel E.
AU - Pyshnyi, Dmitrii V.
AU - Venyaminova, Alya G.
PY - 2018/2/5
Y1 - 2018/2/5
N2 - Nucleic acid aptamers capable of selectively recognizing their target molecules have nowadays been established as powerful and tunable tools for biospecific applications, be it therapeutics, drug delivery systems or biosensors. It is now generally acknowledged that in vitro selection enables one to generate aptamers to almost any target of interest. However, the success of selection and the affinity of the resulting aptamers depend to a large extent on the nature and design of an initial random nucleic acid library. In this review, we summarize and discuss the most important features of the design of nucleic acid libraries for in vitro selection such as the nature of the library (DNA, RNA or modified nucleotides), the length of a randomized region and the presence of fixed sequences. We also compare and contrast different randomization strategies and consider computer methods of library design and some other aspects.
AB - Nucleic acid aptamers capable of selectively recognizing their target molecules have nowadays been established as powerful and tunable tools for biospecific applications, be it therapeutics, drug delivery systems or biosensors. It is now generally acknowledged that in vitro selection enables one to generate aptamers to almost any target of interest. However, the success of selection and the affinity of the resulting aptamers depend to a large extent on the nature and design of an initial random nucleic acid library. In this review, we summarize and discuss the most important features of the design of nucleic acid libraries for in vitro selection such as the nature of the library (DNA, RNA or modified nucleotides), the length of a randomized region and the presence of fixed sequences. We also compare and contrast different randomization strategies and consider computer methods of library design and some other aspects.
KW - Aptamers
KW - Design of nucleic acid libraries
KW - SELEX
KW - BINDING RNA
KW - STRANDED-DNA APTAMERS
KW - PROTEIN
KW - RECOGNITION
KW - HIGH-AFFINITY
KW - STRUCTURED RNA POOLS
KW - EVOLUTION
KW - PRIMER
KW - CAPTURE-SELEX
KW - aptamers
KW - design of nucleic acid libraries
KW - GENOMIC SELEX
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U2 - 10.3390/ijms19020470
DO - 10.3390/ijms19020470
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29401748
AN - SCOPUS:85041543400
VL - 19
JO - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
SN - 1661-6596
IS - 2
M1 - 470
ER -
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