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. 2020 Jun 25;21(12):4522. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124522

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Equilibrium between the unfolded aptamer state (I) and its binding competent state (II) with corresponding equilibrium constant KF. The binding competent state (II) is able to bind the target (conformation III), which is characterized by the dissociation constant KD.