Aptamers for biosensors

Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules isolated in vitro by a selection and amplification method. Aptamers bind with high specificity and affinity to a wide range of target molecules, with dissociation constant comparable to antibodies. In this work aptamers were employed as a new kind of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bini, Alessandra
Other Authors: Mascini, Marco ; Turner, A. P. F.
Published: Cranfield University 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512757