Oligomeric compounds including oligoribonucleotides and oligoribonucleosides are provided that have subsequences of 2'-pentoribofuranosyl nucleosides that activate dsRNase. The oligoribonucleotides and oligoribonucleosides can include substituent groups for increasing binding affinity to complementary nucleic acid strand as well as substituent groups for increasing nuclease resistance. The oligomeric compounds are useful for diagnostics and other research purposes, for modulating the expression of a protein in organisms, and for the diagnosis, detection and treatment of other conditions susceptible to oligonucleotide therapeutics. Also included in the invention are mammalian ribonucleases, i.e., enzymes that degrade RNA, and substrates for such ribonucleases. Such a ribonuclease is referred to herein as a dsRNase, wherein "ds" indicates the RNase's specificity for certain double-stranded RNA substrates. The artificial substrates for the dsRNases described herein are useful in preparing affinity matrices for purifying mammalian ribonuclease as well as non-degradative RNA-binding proteins.
提供了包括寡核苷酸和寡核苷在内的寡聚合物化合物,其具有激活双链RNA酶的2'-戊
核糖核苷亚序列。这些寡核苷酸和寡核苷可以包括取代基团,用于增加与互补核酸链的结合亲和力,以及用于增加
核酸酶抗性的取代基团。这些寡聚合物化合物对于诊断和其他研究目的、调节
生物体中蛋白质表达以及对易受寡核苷酸治疗的其他疾病进行诊断、检测和治疗都是有用的。该发明还包括哺乳动物
核酸酶,即降解RNA的酶,以及这些
核酸酶的底物。这样的
核酸酶在此处被称为双链RNA酶,其中“ds”表示RNase对特定双链RNA底物的特异性。此处描述的双链RNA酶的人工底物对于制备亲和基质以纯化哺乳动物
核酸酶以及非降解RNA结合蛋白是有用的。