Amplibody compositions and methods used to interact with agglomeration
proteins 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 or non-naturally
occuring 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 portion of nucleotide sequence of RNA having
affinity for agglomeration proteins is a sequence that is derived from
either and RNA virus, and RNA agglomeration proteins is a sequence that
is derived from either and RNA virus, an RNA phage, a messenger RNA
("mRNA"), a ribosomal RNA ("rRNA), a transfer RNA ("tRNA"), a sequence
that is received as a template by one or more RNA dependent RNA
polymerases, or a combination thereof. Methods disclosed herein are
directed towards detecting the presence of one or more agglomeration
proteins in a sample matrix using the amplibody compositions described
herein.