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  • Biotechnology
  • Bioinformatics

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  • Aptamers are functional nucleic acids with high specificity and affinity for various targets.
  • Genomic aptamers are part of riboswitches, while synthetic aptamers have diagnostic and therapeutic uses.
  • Current aptamer discovery is hindered by a lack of high-throughput methods for sequence and property analysis.

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  • To provide an overview of post-selection data analysis for aptamers.
  • To describe high-throughput methods for aptamer discovery and characterization.
  • To highlight advancements in streamlining aptamer selection-pool analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Leveraging high-throughput sequencing for large-scale analysis of in vitro selected aptamer populations.
  • Utilizing new experimental approaches for aptamer discovery.
  • Employing advanced software tools for efficient selection-pool analysis.

Main Results:

  • High-throughput sequencing enables large-scale analysis of aptamer populations.
  • New methods and software have significantly streamlined aptamer selection-pool analysis.
  • Rapid discovery and biochemical characterization of aptamers are now feasible.

Conclusions:

  • Advancements in high-throughput methods and computational tools are revolutionizing aptamer discovery.
  • These innovations facilitate the identification and understanding of aptamer binding domains and properties.
  • The described approaches promise to expand the utility of aptamers in diverse biological and technological applications.