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SUBMITTER: Lakamp AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3195435 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lakamp Amanda S AS Ouellette Michel M MM
Journal of nucleic acids 20111016
Using SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment), we serendipitously discovered a ssDNA aptamer that binds selectively to the anti-FLAG M2 antibody. The aptamer consisted of two motifs (CCTTA and TGTCTWCC) separated by 2-3 bases, and the elimination of one or the other motif abrogated binding. The DNA aptamer and FLAG peptide competed for binding to the antigen-binding pocket of the M2 antibody. In addition, the aptamer eluted FLAG-tagged proteins from the antibody, sugges ...[more]