Rational design of Hg2+ controlled streptavidin-binding aptamer.

Through substituting two canonical base pairs of a streptavidin-binding aptamer with T-T mismatched base pairs, a new aptamer was constructed. Its binding ability could be controlled by Hg(2+) through the formation of T-Hg-T metal-base pairs.

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