Unique motifs and hydrophobic interactions shape the binding of modified DNA ligands to protein targets.
Davies, D.R., Gelinas, A.D., Zhang, C., Rohloff, J.C., Carter, J.D., O'Connell, D., Waugh, S.M., Wolk, S.K., Mayfield, W.S., Burgin, A.B., Edwards, T.E., Stewart, L.J., Gold, L., Janjic, N., Jarvis, T.C.(2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 19971-19976
- PubMed: 23139410 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213933109
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4HQU, 4HQX - PubMed Abstract: 
Selection of aptamers from nucleic acid libraries by in vitro evolution represents a powerful method of identifying high-affinity ligands for a broad range of molecular targets. Nevertheless, a sizeable fraction of proteins remain difficult targets due t ...