ABSTRACT

Introduction..............................................................................................................69 5.1 RNA-Cleaving Deoxyribozymes ...................................................................70 5.2 Non-Therapeutic Applications of RNA-Cleaving Deoxyribozymes.............73 5.3 Substrate-Joining Deoxyribozymes ...............................................................75 5.4 Allosteric Deoxyribozyme Biosensors ..........................................................78 5.5 Deoxyribozyme Structural Analysis ..............................................................84 5.6 Deoxyribozymes in Clinical Discovery.........................................................85 5.7 Concluding Remarks......................................................................................87 Acknowledgments....................................................................................................89 References................................................................................................................89