Patent ID: 11866704
Assignee: MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 7:
8. The double-stranded RNA molecule of claim 1, wherein the antisense sequence and/or the sense sequence comprises at least one nucleotide having one or more chemical modifications; wherein the nucleotide is selected from the group consisting of adenosine, guanosine, cytidine and uridine; and the one or more chemical modifications is selected from the group consisting of 1-methyl, 2-methyl, 5-methyl, 7-methyl, N2 methyl, N6 methyl, N2,N2 dimethyl, 2′-O-methyl, N6-isopentenyl, 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyl, N6 threonide carbamoyl, N6-methyl-N6-threosylcarbamoyl, 2-thio, 4-thio, N4 acetyl, 5-formyl, 3-(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl), 5-methoxy, 5-oxoacetic acid, 5-oxoacetate methyl ester, 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl, 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2′-O-methyl, 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thio, 5-aminomethyl-2-thio, 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thio, 5-aminoformylmethyl, 5-aminoformylmethyl-2′-O-methyl, 5-carboxymethyl aminomethyl, 5-carbamoylmethyl-2′-O-methyl, 5-carboxymethylaminomethyl-2-methyl, 5-taurine, 5,2′-O-dimethyl, and 5-tauromethyl-2-thio.