Aptamers: Biomedical Interest and Applications
Aptamers are short DNA or RNA oligonucleotides specialized in the specific and efficient binding to a target molecule. They are obtained by in vitro selection or evolution processes. It was in 1990 that two independent research groups described the bases of a new in vitro technology for the identifi...
Main Authors: | Cristina Romero-López, Alfredo Berzal-Herranz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-03-01
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Series: | Pharmaceuticals |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/10/1/32 |
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