| CPC C12N 15/1048 (2013.01) [C40B 30/04 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |

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1. A method for screening a library of aptamers for aptamers having binding affinity to a target molecule, comprising:
(a) providing a solid support comprising clusters of sequence-identified adaptor end- linked aptamers,
wherein each cluster comprises a plurality of identical sequence-identified adaptor end-linked aptamers comprising one or more non-natural nucleotide covalently bonded to a binding agent, and optionally extended solid support-linked oligonucleotides comprising complements of the adaptor end-linked aptamers, and wherein the sequence of the adaptor end-linked aptamers in each cluster is unique compared to that of the other clusters;
(d) probing the clusters of adaptor end-linked aptamers linked to the solid support with a target molecule;
(e) washing unbound target molecule from the solid support;
(f) screening the solid support for binding and location of the target molecule; and
(g) correlating the location of binding of the target molecule to the nucleotide sequence of an solid support-linked aptamer at the location of binding of the target molecule, thereby identifying the nucleotide sequence of an aptamer that binds the target molecule.
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