title: Aptamer-assembled nanomaterials for biosensing and biomedical applications.
abstract: Aptamers represent a class of single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that play important roles in biosensing and biomedical applications. However, aptamers can gain more flexibility as molecular recognition tools by taking advantage of the unique chemical and physical properties provided by nanomaterials. Such aptamer-nanomaterial conjugates are having an increasing impact in the fields of biosensing, bioimaging, and therapy. The recent advances and limitations of aptamer-assembled nanomaterials in biosensing and biomedical applications are briefly introduced and discussed.
authors: State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, 410082 Changsha, P.R. China.
authors: Rong-Mei
authors: RM
authors: Kong
authors: Xiao-Bing
authors: XB
authors: Zhang
authors: Zhuo
authors: Z
authors: Chen
authors: Weihong
authors: W
authors: Tan
mesh_terms: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003124:Colorimetry; D006046:Gold; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D045663:Quantum Dots; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D006046:Gold; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D006108:Graphite