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Methods for blocking the expression of specifically targeted genes

US5491133A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1991
Grant dateFeb 13, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12Q2600/158
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The use of oligodeoxynucleotides modified at the 3'-terminal internucleotide link as therapeutic agents by a method of hybridizing the modified oligonucleotide to a complementary sequence within a targeted mRNA and cleaving the mRNA within the RNA-DNA helix by the enzyme RNaseH to block the expression of the corresponding gene.

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