Nucleic acid catalysts with endonuclease activity

US6656731B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US
• Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Fritz Eckstein · Göttingen, DE
• Janos Ludwig · Göttingen, DE
• Leonid Beigelman · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2310/18
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules with new motifs having catalytic activity, methods of syntheses and uses thereof.