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Oligonucleotide therapeutic agent and methods of making same

US5919619A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1995
Grant dateJul 6, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2310/321
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

For use in controlling biologic functions in an organism, a stabilized oligonucleotide, preferably in a phosphotriester form, having a base sequence substantially complementary to a portion of messenger ribonucleic acid coding for a bological component, such as a protein, of the organism. The oligonucleotide has about fourteen bases or more, such as twenty-three bases, and can be a deoxyribonucleotide. The oligonucleotide sequence can be derived from the organism's ribonucleic or deoxyribonucleic acid that codes for a vital protein, and can be synthesized in bulk either chemically or by insertion into a plasmid.

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