Patent ID: 11926831
Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A nucleic acid molecule, wherein:
a) the molecule has a polynucleotide sense strand and a polynucleotide antisense strand;
b) each strand of the molecule is from 15 to 30 nucleotides in length;
c) a contiguous region of from 15 to 30 nucleotides of the antisense strand is complementary to a sequence of a mRNA;
d) at least a portion of the sense strand is complementary to at least a portion of the antisense strand, and the molecule has a duplex region of from 15 to 30 nucleotides in length, wherein one or more of the nucleotides in the duplex region at positions 3 to 8 from the 5′ end of the antisense strand are deoxynucleotides, and all the remaining nucleotides in the duplex region of the antisense strand are not deoxynucleotides.