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Hairpin ribozymes

US6022962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1998
Grant dateFeb 8, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2310/3535
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Hairpin ribozyme lacking a substrate moiety, comprising atleast six bases in helix 2 and able to base-pair with a separate substrate RNA, wherein the said ribozyme comprises one or more bases 3' of helix 3 able to base-pair with the said substrate RNA to form a helix 5 and wherein the said ribozyme can cleave and/or ligate said separate RNA(s) in trans.

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