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Nucleic acid ligands

US5475096A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 10, 1991
Grant dateDec 12, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2333/976
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A new class of nucleic acid compounds, referred to as nucleic acid ligands, have been shown to exist that have a specific binding affinity for three dimensional molecular targets. In a preferred embodiment the nucleic acid ligands are identified by the method of the invention referred to as the Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX), wherein a candidate mixture of nucleic acids are iteratively enriched in high affinity nucleic acids and amplified for further partitioning.

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