Patent ID: 9375493
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61K,C07C,C07D,C12Q,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A bacterium targeting agent having an absorption and emission maximum between about 600 nm and about 900 nm, wherein the agent is represented by formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein: Z is a bacterium targeting moiety comprising: L is, independently for each occurrence, a linker moiety comprising a diradical of a moiety selected from the group consisting of glycine, alanine, β-alanine, —NH—(CH Q is selected from a group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, C W represents a benzo-condensed, a naphtho-condensed, or a pyrido-condensed ring; X is, independently for each occurrence, selected from the group consisting of C(CH Y M, independently for each occurrence, is hydrogen or a chemical modifying moiety.