Expression of a multigene RNA having self-splicing activity

US5519164A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hubert Mullner · Kelkheim, DE
• Rudolf Schneider · Niedernhausen, DE
• Eugen Uhlmann · Königstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 1994
• Grant date: May 21, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2310/121
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Expression of a multigene RNA having self-splicing activity An RNA is expressed which can release two or more active genes by means of inserted ribozyme structures. The expression can be carried out in plants or other organisms.