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    Ribozyme-Mediated Inhibition of Cell Proliferation: A Model for Identifying and Refining a Therapeutic Ribozyme

    • Last Update: 2021-02-16
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    The discovery of enzymatic RNA molecules, termed ribozymes (
    1
    ,
    2
    ), fundamentally changed our view of the function of RNA in chemistry, biology, and medicine. Naturally occurring enzymatic RNA molecules catalyze sequence-specific RNA processing. The sequence specificity is determined by the ability of the ribozyme to base pair with nucleotides near the cleavage site of the target RNA; by altering the substrate recognition sequences, intramolecular,
    cis
    -cleaving ribozymes can be engineered to cleave in
    trans
    (reviewed in Cech, T. R., [
    3
    ]). In theory, ribozymes can be engineered to cleave any RNA species, site-specifically, in the background of cellular RNA. This cleavage event renders the target mRNA unstable and abrogates protein expression.
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