Title
Aptamer Base: a collaborative knowledge base to describe aptamers and SELEX experiments.
Abstract
Over the past several decades, rapid developments in both molecular and information technology have collectively increased our ability to understand molecular recognition. One emerging area of interest in molecular recognition research includes the isolation of aptamers. Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acid or amino acid polymers that recognize and bind to targets with high affinity and selectivity. While research has focused on collecting aptamers and their interactions, most of the information regarding experimental methods remains in the unstructured and textual format of peer reviewed publications. To address this, we present the Aptamer Base, a database that provides detailed, structured information about the experimental conditions under which aptamers were selected and their binding affinity quantified. The open collaborative nature of the Aptamer Base provides the community with a unique resource that can be updated and curated in a decentralized manner, thereby accommodating the ever evolving field of aptamer research.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1093/database/bas006
DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
database management systems
Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment,Aptamer,Computer science,Molecular recognition,SELEX Aptamer Technique,Bioinformatics,Knowledge base,Area of interest
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2012
1758-0463
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.97
7
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jose Cruz-Toledo11218.26
Maureen McKeague260.97
Xueru Zhang3223.61
Amanda Giamberardino460.97
Erin McConnell560.97
Tariq Francis660.97
Maria C DeRosa7122.28
Michel Dumontier889893.35