Patent ID: 6020318
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A01K,A61K,C12N

Abstract:
An oligonucleotide which inhibits DNA methyltransferase expression, the oligonucleotide having from 8 to 100 nucleotides and being complementary to a region of an RNA that encodes DNA methyltransferase, wherein the region includes 2 to 50 nucleotides selected from the nucleotide sequences set forth in the Sequence Listing as SEQ ID NO 1, SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 3, SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 5, SEQ ID NO 6, SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID NO 8, SEQ ID NO 9, SEQ ID NO 10, SEQ ID NO 11, SEQ ID NO 12, SEQ ID NO 13, SEQ ID NO 14, SEQ ID NO 15, SEQ ID NO 16, SEQ ID NO 17, SEQ ID NO 18, SEQ ID NO 19, SEQ ID NO 20, SEQ ID NO 21, SEQ ID NO 22, SEQ ID NO 23, SEQ ID NO 24, SEQ ID NO 25, SEQ ID NO 26, SEQ ID NO 27, SEQ ID NO 28, SEQ ID NO 29, SEQ ID NO 30, SEQ ID NO 31, AND SEQ ID NO 32.