Aptamers as the Agent in Decontamination Assays (Apta-Decontamination Assays): From the Environment to the Potential Application In Vivo

Figure 1

(a) Schematic representation of the conjugation of the amine-terminated aptamer on the surface of the carboxylated-functionalized sepharose 4FF beads via NHS/EDC activation [35]. (b) Conjugation of the amine-functionalized aptamer on the surface of nanoparticles that contain a stable poly (lactic acid)-polyethylene glycol (PLA-PEG) block copolymer with a terminal carboxylic acid functional group (PLA-PEG-COOH) [37].

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