Patent ID: 9416155
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: C07H,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A sensor for a target analyte having the structure: wherein A and B are each independently a backbone group, linker, or a substrate, and may be absent or present; each X is a backbone group independently selected from a sugar-phosphate, a phosphodiester, a phosphorothioate, a phosphotriester, a locked nucleic acid (LNA) backbone group, a morpholino, a 2′-O-methyl RNA or a peptide nucleic acid backbone group; n is 2 to 20; and each R is independently a spacer, or one of the following structures: wherein at least one R is a ligand for a metal ion, a quencher or a spacer, wherein the sensor lacks a natural DNA or RNA base; and wherein the sensor binds a target analyte that is selected from a metal ion and a neutral organic molecule.