Table 1.

Purified pathogen molecules that have been used in selection of aptamers by SELEX

Target molecules	Ref.
HIV-1
Integrase	[14]
Reverse transcriptase	[15], [16]
Nucleocapsid protein	[17], [18]
Tat protein	[19]
R5 SV glycoprotein (gp120)	[20], [21]
Drug-resistant reverse transcriptase	[22]
Hepatitis C virus
RdRp	[23]
NS3	[24]
NS3 helicase	[25], [26]
3′X tail	[27]
NS3 protease	[26], [28]
NS5B RNA polymerase	[29]
IRES (internal ribosome entry site)	[27], [30]
Hepatitis B virus
HBsAg surface antigen	[31]
Influenza virus
H5N1 HA protein	[32]
SARS coronavirus
NTPase, Helicase	[33], [34]
Apple stem pitting virus
Coat proteins	[35]
Foot and mouth disease virus
VP1 protein	[36]
Prion proteins
PrPsc	[37]
PrPsc fibrils	[38]
rPrPsc	[39]
rPrPc	[40]
Mammalian prion proteins	[41]
Escherichia coli
Release factor 1	[42]
Core RNA Polymerase	[43]
Lipopolysaccharide O111: B4	[10], [11]
Mycobacterium
M. avium sub. paratuberculosis MAP0105c gene product	[44]
M. tuberculosis MPT64 protein	[45]
M. tuberculosis polyphosphate kinase 2	[46]
Francisella tularensis
Protein lysate	[47]
Campylobacter jejuni
Surface extract	[48]
Protein lysate	[49]
Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhi Type IVB pilus	[50]
Outer membrane proteins	[51]
Listeria monocytogenes
Internalin A	[52]
Leishmania infantum
H2 Antigen	[53]
Burkholderia pseudomallei
BipD/BopE/BPSL2748	[54]
Ustilago maydis [corn pathogen]
RNA-binding protein Rrm4	[55]
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
Capsid protein	[56]
Bacterial toxins
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B, Cholera toxin	[57]
Botulinum neurotoxin	[58], [59]
Shiga toxin	[59]