Amplibody compositions and methods used to interact with agglomeration
proteins and initiate and mediate an aggregation cascade are disclosed
herein. Compositions herein comprise one or more DNA or RNA molecules
having affinity for at least one agglomeration protein. The nucleic acid
component is a naturally occurring or non-naturally occurring molecule
with twenty or more ribonucleotide bases. For RNA, at least one
nucleotide sequence portion of this RNA molecule has affinity to at least
one consensus sequence present in the agglomeration RNA-binding protein.
The isolated RNA molecules of the present invention bind agglomeration
proteins to initiate and mediate the progression of a nucleo-protein
aggregation cascade. The nucleo-protein aggregation cascade can be
self-catalyzing, with formation of intermediate aggregates comprising an
RNA molecule and one or more agglomeration proteins.