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ArticleBioTechniques2019

Idiosyncrasies of thermofluorimetric aptamer binding assays.

Tulsi Ram Damase, Peter B Allen

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Article in BioTechniques, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tulsi Ram DamaseUniversity of Idaho, Dept of Chemistry, 875 Perimeter Dr, Moscow, ID 83844-2343, USA.
Peter B AllenUniversity of Idaho, Dept of Chemistry, 875 Perimeter Dr, Moscow, ID 83844-2343, USA.
University of Idaho · US

Funding

Sequence-structure-function relationships in human visual photopigmentsP20GM104420 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI VAN LEUVEN, JAMES · 2015 to 2024
$22.9M
Genomics Resources Core (GRC)P30GM103324 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI SETTLES, MATTHEW · 2013 to 2017
$5.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104420NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103324
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To explore thermofluorimetric analysis (TFA) in detail, we compared two related aptamers. The first, LINN2, is a DNA aptamer previously selected against EGFR recombinant protein. In this work we selected a second aptamer, KM4, against EGFR-overexpressing A549 cells. The two aptamers were derived from the same pool and bind the same target but behave differently in TFA. Our results suggest four overall conclusions about TFA of aptamers: 1. Some aptamers show reduced fluorescence upon target binding suggesting that target-bound aptamer is not always fluorescent. 2. Many aptamers do not obey the intuitive assumptions that aptamer-target interactions stabilize a folded conformation. 3. TFA may be most appropriate for aptamers with significant double-stranded structure. 4. Kinetic effects may be significant and the order of operations in preparing samples should be carefully optimized.

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A549 CellsAptamers, NucleotideErbB ReceptorsFlow CytometryFluorometryHumansAptamers, NucleotideEGFR protein, humanErbB Receptorsaptamerbinding assaycell-SELEXEGFREvaGreenhybrid fluorescencemelt curve analysisOpen qPCRSELEXthermofluorimetric analysis

Identifiers

PMID30764639
PMCPMC6466456
OpenAlexW2913646003

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