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Monitoring Enzymatic RNA G-Quadruplex Unwinding Activities by Nuclease Sensitivity and Reverse Transcription Stop Assays
Stability is not everything the case of the cyclization of the thrombin binding aptamer
Aiming at novel approaches to obtain improved aptamers, we developed a cyclic TBA analogue (cycTBA) by exploiting a Cu(I)-assisted azide-alkyne cycloaddition. Its markedly increased serum resistance and exceptional thermal stability of its G-quadruplex vs. TBA were associated to halved thrombin inhibition, suggesting that some flexibility in TBA structure is necessary for protein recognition
