An object of the present invention is to provide
RNA aptamers capable of binding to ASP7967 or analogs thereof. The
RNA aptamer of the present invention is an
RNA aptamer that binds to ASP7967 or an analog thereof, and has the sequence: -X1-L1-X2-L2-X3- (wherein X1 has the sequence Y1GY2GY3Y4Y5; L1 is a first stem-loop
nucleotide sequence comprising a first stem region, a first loop region, and a second stem region, wherein the first stem region and the second stem region are two or more base pairs in length and are substantially complementary to each other; X2 is A, G, C, or U; L2 is a second stem-loop
nucleotide sequence comprising a third stem region, a second loop region, and a fourth stem region, wherein the third stem region and the fourth stem region are two or more base pairs in length and are substantially complementary to each other; the first base in the third stem region is G and the last base in the fourth stem region is C; and X3 has the sequence UY6). , Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, and Y6 are each independently A, G, C, or U), or a third
stem loop region comprising the sequence: -S1-X2-L2-X3-L3-X1-S2- (wherein S1 and S2 are each independently A, G, C, or U, and S1 and S2 can form base pairs or wobble base pairs with each other, and L3 comprises a fifth stem region, a third loop region, and a sixth stem region). the fifth stem region and the sixth stem region are one or more base pairs in length and are substantially complementary to each other, and X1, X2, X3, and L2 are as defined above), or the sequence: -S3-X3-L3-X1-L1-X2-S4- (wherein S3 is C, S4 is G, and X1, X2, X3, L1, and L3 are as defined above).