Patent · US Expired

Ribozymes

US5766942A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Gene Shears Pty. Limited · AU

Inventors

James Haseloff · Cambridge, US
Wayne Gerlach · Acacia Hills, AU
Philip Anthony Jennings · Chatswood, AU
Fiona Helen Cameron · South Canberra, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 1994
Grant date	Jun 16, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2310/124
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Compounds having highly specific endoribonuclease activity are described. The compounds of this invention, also known as ribozymes, comprise nucleotides having two hybridizing regions with predetermined sequences capable of hybridizing with a target RNA, a region of defined sequence and a base paired stem region.

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