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SUBMITTER: Trachman RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7699827 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Trachman Robert J RJ Truong Lynda L Ferré-D'Amaré Adrian R AR
Trends in pharmacological sciences 20170717 10
Several aptamer RNAs have been selected in vitro that bind to otherwise weakly fluorescent small molecules and enhance their fluorescence several thousand-fold. By genetically tagging cellular RNAs of interest with these aptamers and soaking cells in their cell-permeable cognate small-molecule fluorophores, it is possible to use them to study RNA localization and trafficking. These aptamers have also been fused to metabolite-binding RNAs to generate fluorescent biosensors. The 3D structures of t ...[more]