申请人:Vermeulen Annaleen
公开号:US20060223777A1
公开(公告)日:2006-10-05
The present invention provides improved hairpin and fractured hairpin constructs for use in gene silencing through the RNA interference pathway. An exemplary short hairpin polynucleotide for use in gene silencing can include a polynucleotide having from about 42 nucleotides to about 106 nucleotides configured for being processed by Dicer. The polynucleotide can include a first region having from about 19 to about 35 nucleotides, a loop region coupled to the first region, the loop region having from about 4 to about 30 nucleotides, and a second region having from about 19 to about 35 nucleotides and having at least about 80% complementarity to the first region. Optionally, one of the first region or second region can have an overhang having less than about 6 nucleotides. Also, the short hairpin can be formed of a plurality of polynucleotides that cooperate to form a hairpin structure.
本发明提供了通过 RNA 干扰途径用于基因沉默的改良发夹和断裂发夹构建体。用于基因沉默的示例性短发夹多核苷酸可包括具有约 42 个核苷酸至约 106 个核苷酸的多核苷酸,该多核苷酸被配置为可被 Dicer 处理。多核苷酸可包括具有约 19 至约 35 个核苷酸的第一区段、与第一区段相连的环状区段(环状区段具有约 4 至约 30 个核苷酸)以及具有约 19 至约 35 个核苷酸并与第一区段具有至少约 80% 互补性的第二区段。可选地,第一区域或第二区域之一可具有少于约 6 个核苷酸的悬垂。此外,短发夹可以由多个多核苷酸组成,这些多核苷酸合作形成发夹结构。