Combinatorial selection of a single stranded DNA thioaptamer targeting TGF-beta1 protein |
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Authors: | Kang Jonghoon Lee Myung Soog Copland John A Luxon Bruce A Gorenstein David G |
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Affiliation: | Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1157, USA. |
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Abstract: | A phosphorothioate single-stranded DNA aptamer (thioaptamer) targeting transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) was isolated by in-vitro combinatorial selection. The aptamer selection procedure was designed to modify the backbone of single-stranded DNA aptamers, where 5' of both A and C are phosphorothioates, since this provides enhanced nuclease resistance as well as higher affinity than that of a phosphate counterpart. The thioaptamer selected from a combinatorial library (5x10(14) sequences) binds to TGF-beta1 protein with an affinity of 90 nM. In this report, sequence, predicted secondary structure, and binding affinity of the selected thioaptamer (T18_1_3) are presented. |
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