Anti-fibrinogen aptamers
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a new method for obtaining aptamers directed against protein targets comprising a histidine-containing surface domain, and aptamers obtaining by said method.
1. An anti-fibrinogen aptamer that is SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO: 4.
2. An affinity ligand comprising the aptamer according to claim 1 immobilized onto a support.
3. An affinity support comprising a solid support comprising thereon at least one affinity ligand as defined in claim 2 .
4. The affinity support of claim 3 , wherein the solid support is a polymeric gel, filter or membrane.
5. The affinity support of claim 3 , wherein the solid support comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of agarose, cross-linked agarose, cellulose, polyacrylamide, polyethylene, polyamide, and polysulfone.
6. The affinity ligand of claim 2 , wherein the aptamer is SEQ ID NO: 3.
7. The affinity support of claim 3 , wherein the aptamer is SEQ ID NO: 3.
8. The affinity ligand of claim 2 , wherein the aptamer is SEQ ID NO: 3 comprising a C6 spacer with a terminal amino group at the 5′ end and an inverted deoxy-thymidine at the 3′ end.
9. The affinity ligand of claim 4 , wherein the affinity ligand is grafted onto NHS-activated Sepharose to form an affinity support.