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DNA molecules stabilized by modifications of the 3'-terminal phosphodiester linkage

US6197944A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1994
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2014

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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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