Functional and hyperfunctional siRNA
AssigneeDharmacon, Inc.
InventorsAnastasia Khvorova, Angela Reynolds, Devin Leake, William Marshall, Stephen Scaringe, Steven Read
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Abstract
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rationale design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes.
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An siRNA molecule effective at silencing MEK1 expression, wherein said siRNA molecule comprises a sense region and an antisense region, wherein said sense region and said antisense region together form a duplex region comprising 19-30 base pairs and said antisense region comprises a sequence that is the complement of SEQ. ID NO. 367.
An siRNA composition comprising the complement of SEQ. ID NO. 367.
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