Penas Tallón, CristinaMascareñas Cid, José LuisVázquez Sentís, Marco Eugenio2017-10-212017-10-212016-01-10PENAS, CRISTINA, MASCAREÑAS, JOSÉ L. and VÁZQUEZ, M. EUGENIO, 2016, Coupling the folding of a β-hairpin with chelation-enhanced luminescence of Tb(iii) and Eu(iii) ions for specific sensing of a viral RNA. Chem. Sci.. 2016. Vol. 7, no. 4, p. 2674-2678. DOI 10.1039/c5sc04501k. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15963Rational modification of a natural RNA-binding peptide with a lanthanide EDTA chelator, and a phenanthroline ligand yields a highly selective luminescent sensor. The sensing mechanism relies on the RNA-triggered folding of the peptide into a β-hairpin, which promotes the coordination of the phenanthroline sensitizer, and the efficient sensitization of complexed lanthanide ionseng© 2016 Royal Society of Chemistry. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licencehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/journal article10.1039/C5SC04501K2041-6539open access