Development of RNA G-quadruplex (rG4)-targetingl-RNA aptamers by rG4-SELEX

Mubarak I. Umar, Chun-Yin Chan, Chun Kit Kwok

Published: 2022-04-19 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-022-00679-6

RNA G-quadruplex

rG4-SELEX

l-RNA aptamers

aptamer secondary structure

nucleic acid motifs

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RNA G-nobreakquadruplex (rG4)-SELEX is a method that generates l-RNA aptamers to target an rG4structure of interest, which can be applied to inhibit G-quadruplex-mediated interactions that have important roles in gene regulation and function. Here we pre
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