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Characterization of 2'-fluoro-RNA aptamers that bind preferentially to disease-associated conformations of prion protein and inhibit conversion.
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We have isolated artificial ligands or aptamers for infectious prions in order to investigate conformational aspects of prion pathogenesis. The aptamers are 2'-fluoro-modified RNA produced by in vitro selection from a large, randomized library. One of these ligands (aptamer SAF-93) had more than 10-fold higher affinity for PrPSc than for recombinant PrPC and inhibited the accumulation of PrPres in near physiological cell-free conversion assay. To understand the molecular basis of these proper...
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- Journal:
- Journal of biological chemistry
- Volume:
- 278
- Issue:
- 41
- Pages:
- 39697-39705
- Publication date:
- 2003-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1083-351X
- ISSN:
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0021-9258
- Source identifiers:
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3771
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:3771
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2003
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