Patent ID: 7910720

Claim:
A chemical compound comprising the structure [X x -(CH 2 ) m -phosphate-Y y]n wherein 3≦m≦6, 30≦n≦60, each x and y is independently from each other 0 or 1, each X and Y is independently from each other an entity selected from the group consisting of nucleoside residues, deoxynucleoside residues, derivatized nucleoside or deoxynucleoside residues and nucleoside or deoxynucleoside analogs, provided that each m, x, and y are independently selected for each [Xx-(CH 2 )m-phosphate-Yy] unit and further provided that the terminal X can also be an OH group or a phosphate group, and further provided that the terminal Y can also be an H or a (CH 2 )m-OH group.