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aptamer: a standalone construct

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Molecular biology

short nucleic acid strand selected in vitro to bind a specific target molecule with high affinity, used as a recognition element.

In molecular biology, aptamer refers to short nucleic acid strand selected in vitro to bind a specific target molecule with high affinity, used as a recognition element. This meaning comes from Ellington (1990) in Nature.[1]

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References

Ellington, A. D., & Szostak, J. W. (1990). In vitro selection of RNA molecules that bind specific ligands. Nature, 346(6287), 818-822. https://doi.org/10.1038/346818a0

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