Nucleic acid ligands
US5696249A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2015 |
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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 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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