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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2004
David G. Gorenstein, Houston, TX (US);
Xianbin Yang, Webster, TX (US);
Bruce A. Luxon, Galveston, TX (US);
Norbert Herzog, Friendswood, TX (US);
David G. Gorenstein, Houston, TX (US);
Xianbin Yang, Webster, TX (US);
Bruce A. Luxon, Galveston, TX (US);
Norbert Herzog, Friendswood, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes composition and methods for making and using a combinatorial library having two or more beads, wherein attached to each bead is a unique nucleic acid aptamer that have disposed thereon a unique sequence. The library aptamers may be attached covalently to the one or more beads, which may be polystyrene beads. The aptamers may include phosphorothioate, phosphorodithioate and/or methylphosphonate linkages and may be single or double stranded DNA, RNA or even PNAs.