Talk:Aptamer

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AptaBiD works on what type of aptamer
Article seem unclear if AptaBiD works on peptide or nucleic acid aptamers or both. If it's not both perhaps the article should be split into peptide aptamers and nucleic acid aptamers ? - Rod57 (talk) 15:47, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Lab-branded aptamer subtypes and SELEX variants
The previous version of the article made many mentions of new terms for aptamer subtypes, such as Spiegelmers, smart aptamers, optimers, X-aptamers, raptamers, and protein aptamers. We have also seen variant types of SELEX, such as FRELEX. Although they are all important contributions to the field, lengthy sections on these ideas distract from the main point. Although there is obvious benefit both to the lab and the field in sharing information about new developments, the research community as a whole will be best served by a clean, readable Wikipedia article that is clearly serving an educative purpose and does not have overtones of boosterism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AllAmericanBreakfast (talk • contribs) 00:40, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

I have created a SELEX variants subsection on the main SELEX page. Please put SELEX variants in that section.

Short description
Is the characteristic of selectively binding with specific molecules not the primary distinguishing feature? If so, why has it been left out of the short description which currently does not differentiate from other members of a rather large class. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 05:33, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I have made it more specific but kept it as short as I could. Please correct it if it is misleading. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 06:26, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Caption looks wrong-- could someone who is more expert in this subject look at it?
Hello, I am not an expert on this topic, but I think the caption of the 1st illustration is wrong. The last line of the caption currently says 'The parts of the aptamer that contact the protein are highlighted in red.'   I don't think that is true. I think it should say 'The parts of the protein that contact the aptamer are highlighted in red.' Could someone who is more expert in this subject take a look at the caption? DlronW (talk) 02:11, 27 July 2023 (UTC)