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  • noun Plural form of aptamer.

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  • The technique produces short segments fo DNA and RNA called aptamers, in a process that mimics the natural phenomena of evolution and survival of the fittest.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • The technique produces short segments fo DNA and RNA called aptamers, in a process that mimics the natural phenomena of evolution and survival of the fittest.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called aptamers, which specifically bind to living tumor tissue.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called aptamers, which specifically bind to living tumor tissue.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called aptamers, which specifically bind to living tumor tissue.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • PCR is used to evolve aptamers, RNA molecules that bind to a given target.

    But it is Still a Robot! - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • : We conclude that arginine shows specific affinity for its codons in the context of arginine aptamers, and that this affinity may have played some role in determining which codons encode arginine in the universal genetic code.

    Are dem bunny prints? 2008

  • We approached the problem by isolating a set of distinct aptamers, all of which bind the same target (GTP), but with a wide range of affinities.

    Bits and Pieces of an RNA World 2007

  • Our results show that the high-affinity aptamers are much more structurally complex than the low-affinity aptamers.

    Bits and Pieces of an RNA World 2007

  • But I do know something quite specific about the origin of DNA-aptamers and deoxyribozymes.

    A Minimal Genome 2006

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