Table −3.
Some studies by Nucleobases modifications.
| Aptamer | target | Affinity (Kd) | Reference | |
| Base modification | AMYm1 aptamer | Salivary α-amylase (sAA) | <1 nM | [152] |
| Aad1 aptamer (Adenine-appended modification strategy) | human β-defensin 2 | 6.8 nM. | [153] | |
| SARS-CoV-2 aptamer | receptor-binding domain (RBD) and | 1.2 nM | [153] | |
| SARS-CoV-2 aptamer | spike trimer of the SARS-CoV-2 | 1 nM | [153] | |
| Nucleotides with Amino Acid Like Side Chains | modified thrombin aptamers (TBA) | antithrombin activity | 2.94 nM | [154] |
| indole modified aptamer | cycle 3 GFP | 18.4 nM | [155] | |
| Other nucleobase modifications | cubanemodified aptamers (cubamers) | Plasmodium vivax lactate dehydrogenase (PvLDH) | 670 nM | [156] |
| added triphosphate analogs modified by 5-chlorouracil and 7-deazaadenine bases | β-secretase 1 (BACE1- the therapeutic target of Alzheimer’s disease | 10 nM | [157] |