Lock and key micelles
CA 2263982 A1 · Owner: University Of South Florida · Inventors: Moorefield, Charles N.; Newkome, George R.
Overview
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A lock unimolecular micelle includes at least one engineered acceptor specifically binding a ligand (or specifically a "key" unimolecular micelle) thereto. A key unimolecular micelle comprises a core molecule and a plurality of branches extending therefrom, at least one of the branches including a shank portion extending therefrom having a terminal moiety at an end thereof for binding to a complimentary acceptor of a lock unimolecular micelle. Together, the lock and key micelles form a unit either irreversibly or , reversibly bound wherein the lock micelle is a soluble receptor engineered to specifically bind to the specifically engineered key micelle.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 26, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 26, 2017.
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