Patent ID: 8030467

Claim:
An oligomeric compound having Formula II: G-[T-L] j -[R-L] q -R-[L-T] r -E II wherein: each R is a β-D-2′-deoxyribonucleoside; each L is, independently, a phosphodiester or phosphorothioate internucleoside linking group; each T is a monomer of Formula III: wherein independently for each monomer having Formula III: Bx is a heterocyclic base moiety; Z is C 1 -C 6 alkyl or C 1 -C 6 alkyl substituted with C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy or one or more fluoro atoms; G and E are each, independently, H, a hydroxyl protecting group or a linked conjugate group; q is from 7 to about 15; j is 0 or from 1 to about 5; r is 0 or from 1 to about 5; and the sum of j and r is at least 1.