Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Paul E. Rauch
  • Nucleic acid enzyme biosensors for ions
    Patent number: 6706474
    Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of an ion includes contacting a nucleic acid enzyme with a sample suspected of containing the ion, where the enzyme contains a ribonucleotide and is dependent on the ion to produce a product from a substrate, and measuring an amount of the product produced. The ion is Pb2+, and is in the presence of other ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Yi Lu, Jing Li