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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Analyzing Secondary Structure Patterns in DNA Aptamers Identified via CompELS.

Richard Sullivan, Mary Catherine Adams, Rajesh R Naik, Valeria T Milam

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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Richard SullivanSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA. rsulliv@gatech.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8850-833X
Mary Catherine AdamsSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA. madams63@gatech.edu.
Rajesh R Naik711 Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA. rajesh.naik@us.af.mil.
Valeria T MilamSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA. valeria.milam@mse.gatech.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5303-7777

Funding

Air Force Office of Scientific Research FA9550-09-1-0162, FA9550-10-1-0358Georgia Institute of Technology not applicableNational Science Foundation 1258425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In contrast to sophisticated high-throughput sequencing tools for genomic DNA, analytical tools for comparing secondary structure features between multiple single-stranded DNA sequences are less developed. For single-stranded nucleic acid ligands called aptamers, secondary structure is widely thought to play a pivotal role in driving recognition-based binding activity between an aptamer sequence and its specific target. Here, we employ a competition-based aptamer screening platform called CompELS to identify DNA aptamers for a colloidal target. We then analyze predicted secondary structures of the aptamers and a large population of random sequences to identify sequence features and patterns. Our secondary structure analysis identifies patterns ranging from position-dependent score matrixes of individual structural elements to position-independent consensus domains resulting from global alignment.

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Nucleic Acid ConformationAptamers, NucleotideBase SequenceDNA, Single-StrandedGene LibraryLigandsPosition-Specific Scoring MatricesSELEX Aptamer TechniqueAptamers, NucleotideDNA, Single-StrandedLigandsaptamersnucleic acid ligandssecondary structuresingle-stranded DNA

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PMID31010064
PMCPMC6515186

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