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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Bangor University, Bangor, GB;
Inventors:
Chris David Gwenin, Bangor, GB;
Jennifer Helen Halliwell, Menai Bridge, GB;
Assignee:
BANGOR UNIVERSITY, Bangor, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 27/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/026 (2013.01); G01N 33/5438 (2013.01); G01N 2333/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sensor for detecting the presence of a botulinum neurotoxin in a sample, the sensor comprising: (a) an electrically conductive substrate coated with at least one SNAP-25, VAMP or syntaxin protein; and (b) a detection arrangement adapted to enable the detection of the cleavage of at least one SNAP-25, VAMP or syntaxin protein by the botulinum neurotoxin. The invention also relates to methods of making a sensor, methods of detecting and a detection kit for botulinum neurotoxin.