SELEX

Prepare the library pool

1. Resuspend 2 nmol de la library pool on 200 µl of Binding Buffer (BB).

2. Denatured the library by heating it at 90ºC for 10 min and immediately cold it on ice for another 10 min.

3. To get rid of the DNA that unespecifically binds to the system, apply the library through a nitrocellulose membrane and centrifuge 1 min at 8000 rpm. Quantify the DNA that does not bind unspeficically and note it as the initial DNA.

Protein-Aptamer incubation

4. Incubate the flowthrough with the protein of interest during 1 hour.

5. Apply the DNA to a new nitrocellulose membrane as in step 3.

6. Wash the membrane four times with 300 µl of BB, like on step 3.

7. Recover the membrane and transfer it to a new Eppendorf tube without letting it dry.

Denatured the protein and elute the selected DNAs

8. Add 400µL of FES and 500 µL of phenol and mix in a thermomixer at 1.400 rpm for 10 min.

9. Transfer the liquid to a new tube and repeat the step 8 but this time with 200 µl of each regeant.

10. Mix the two samples and add 200 µl of Milli-Q wáter to allow the phase separation and centrifuge 10 min at 16100 g.

11. Transfer the aqueous phase (upper) to a new 2 ml tube and PCI extract the DNA.

PAUSE POINT: You can leave the PCI precipitation overnight.