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Kaori Tsukakoshi1, Ryuichi Harada, Koji Sode, Kazunori Ikebukuro.
Abstract
Alpha-synuclein is a native, unfolded protein that causes several neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease. We have now identified the first DNA aptamers against alpha-synuclein using native PAGE applied to the SELEX method. We call this aptamer "M5-15"; it is the alpha-synuclein-bound aptamer and was isolated after four cycles of screening. M5-15 is composed of three stem-loop structures that may play an important role in the binding to alpha-synuclein. Moreover, M5-15 specifically binds to the alpha-synuclein monomer and oligomer. We expect that this aptamer will become a useful tool in alpha-synuclein analysis and diagnosis.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20111982 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0200-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biotechnol Lett ISSN: 0141-5492 Impact factor: 2.461