MicroRNA inhibitor
AssigneeShanghai East Hospital
InventorsZuoren Yu, Zhongmin Liu, Qian Zhao
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AssigneeShanghai East Hospital
InventorsZuoren Yu, Zhongmin Liu, Qian Zhao
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A microRNA (miRNA) inhibitor, being able to form a stable DNA-RNA double-stranded structure with a miRNA. The double-stranded structure comprises: (i) a miRNA unit sequence, and (ii) an RNA zipper unit sequence. The 5′-end of the RNA zipper unit sequence is connected to the 5′-end of the miRNA unit sequence. The 3′-end of the RNA zipper unit sequence is connected to the 3′-end of the miRNA unit sequence. The RNA zipper can connect the head of the miRNA molecule to the tail of the miRNA molecule to form a stable long-chain structure. The RNA zipper unit sequence contains 1-3 nucleotides not connected to the miRNA unit sequence. The DNA-RNA double-stranded structure can be used to inhibit biological activities of a miRNA unit, does not have biological toxicity, and has the advantages of high affinity, high specificity and high stability.
A small RNA inhibitor comprising a first binding region and a second binding region;
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