Patent Application: US-48714195-A

Abstract:
the present invention provides novel compositions and methods useful in cancer therapy for inhibiting the multidrug resistance phenotype , which often thwarts long - term chemotherapeutic regimens . the novel compositions of matter comprise oligonucleotides targeted to the human mdr1 and mrp genes , which inhibit expression of these genes , thereby rendering tumors and other forms of cancer more susceptible to the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic agents . oligonucleotides are also provided that inhibit the multidrug resistance phenotype by exerting an aptameric effect .

Description:
in preferred embodiments of the invention , the oligos are administered systemically to cancer patients , either in combination with chemotherapeutic agents , in order to potentiate the elimination of multidrug resistant tumor cells from the body of the host ; or alone , to prevent development of multidrug resistant phenotype , or with chemotherapeutic agents to purge malignant cells from bone marrow or peripheral stem cell grafts . the oligos also may be administered as an immunosuppressive agent . the list of chemotherapeutic agents to be used in association with the prototype or variant oligos of the present invention is selected from but not limited to a list that comprises : ( 1 ) the vinca alkaloids : including vincristine , vinblastine , vindesine ; ( 2 ) the anthracyclines , including daunorubicin , doxorubicin , idarubicin ; ( 3 ) the epipodophyllotoxins , including vp - 16 ( etoposide ) and vm - 26 ( teniposide ); and ( 4 ) miscellaneous : steroids , mitomycin c , taxol , actinomycin d , melphalan . the prototype or variant oligos may be used alone to inhibit p - gp or mrp function , or in combination with non - oligo inhibitors of these molecular pumps , selected from but not limited to a list comprising : psc - 833 ( cyclosporin d analog ), verapamil , cyclosporin a , fk506 , tamoxifen , megestol , and novobiocin and its analogs . the prototype or variant oligos may be used alone or in combination with the aforementioned agents to treat any human cancer which expresses a multidrug resistant phenotype , or to prevent the development of a multidrug resistance phenotype , including those types of human cancer selected from but not limited to a list comprising : breast cancer , lung cancer , colon cancer , liver cancer , renal cancer , pancreatic cancer , prostate cancer , ovarian cancer , cervical cancer , uterine cancer , bladder cancer , brain cancer , adrenal cancer , multiple myeloma , ear - nose - throat cancers ( including esophageal , laryngeal , pharynx ), leukemia , lymphoma , sarcoma and carcinoid tumors . this listing is included for the purpose of illustration only , and is not meant to limit the practice of the present invention . the present invention encompasses oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide analogs which are complementary to selected target sites of mdr1 or mrp , and transcripts thereof . these target sites are sometimes referred to herein as &# 34 ; hotspots .&# 34 ; using a computer program , such as &# 34 ; oligo &# 34 ; ( richik & amp ; rhoades , nucl . acids res . 17 : 8543 , 1989 ) and a reference such a genbank , these hotspots were selected on the basis of their unique sequence ( i . e ., having high sequence homology with members of the gene family , but less than 85 % homology with genes and rna transcripts outside the gene family ) and various physical parameters desirable for the antisense oligonucleotides to be produced . in preferred embodiments of the invention , oligos which are targeted to these &# 34 ; hotspots &# 34 ; possess the following characteristics : ( 1 ) length between about 10 and 40 bases , with a preferred range of about 15 - 30 and a particularly preferred range of 17 - 26 ; ( 2 ) negligible self - interaction ( self - dimers and hairpins ) under physiological conditions ; ( 3 ) melting temperature ≧ 40 ° c . under physiological conditions ; and ( 4 ) no more than 40 % of the oligo composed of run of guanines or cytosines . preferred hotspots , prototype oligonucleotides and size variants thereof are set forth herein . these hotspots and oligos are disclosed with reference to specific mdr1 or mrp nucleotide sequences from the genbank library . it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that variants ( e . g ., allelic variants ) of these sequences exist in the human population , and must be taken into account when designing and / or utilizing oligos of the invention . accordingly , it is within the scope of the present invention to encompass such variants , either with respect to the preferred hotspot disclosed herein or the oligos targeted to specific locations on the respective genes or rna transcripts . with respect to the inclusion of such variants , the term &# 34 ; substantially the same as &# 34 ; is used herein to refer to various specific nucleotide sequences and variants thereof that would occur in a human population . additionally , the term &# 34 ; substantially the same as &# 34 ; refers to oligo sequences that may not be perfectly matched to a target sequence , but the mismatches do not materially affect the ability of the oligo to hybridize with its target sequence under the conditions described . the subject of the present invention is the nucleotide sequence of the disclosed oligos ( listed in tables 1 through 5 ) in association with a chemical backbone , the backbone selected from , but not limited to , a list consisting of the following types ( reviewed in neckers et al ., crit . rev . oncogen . 3 : 175 - 231 , 1992 ): phosphorothioates , dithioates , methylphosphonates , phosphodiesters , morpholino backbones , polyamide backbones , and any combination of the aforementioned backbone types , including , for example , phosphorothioate - capped phosphodiesters . the backbones may be unmodified , or they may be modified to incorporate a ribozyme structure , or a pendant group . additionally , 2 &# 39 ;- o - methyl ( ribose - modified ) oligos are suitable for the practice of the invention . the 2 &# 39 ;- o - methyl sugar modification can be associated with any of the backbone linkages , including phosphorothioates , and the modification can be limited to the ends of the oligonucleotide . the oligos may also be associated with a carrier or vehicle such as liposomes or micelles , although other carriers could be used , as would be appreciated by one skilled in the art . such carriers are used to facilitate the cellular uptake and / or targeting of the oligo , and / or improve the oligo &# 39 ; s pharmacokinetic and / or toxicologic properties . table 1__________________________________________________________________________preferred 20 - mer , 22 - mer and 26 - mer mdr - oligo nucleotide sequenceswithin targeting hotspotsseq id nucleotide oligo ( trivialid hot - starting name ) and variants oligo sequenceno . spot position * of same length ( 5 &# 39 ; --& gt ; 3 &# 39 ;) __________________________________________________________________________1 1 488 ol ( 6 ) mdr prototype cccacgcccc ggcgctgttc2 496 ol ( 6a ) mdr gtgctcagcc cacgccccgg3 2 517 ol ( 16 ) mdr prototype ggcaaagaga gcgaagcggc4 518 ol ( 16a ) mdr tggcaaagag agcgaagcgg5 540 sj ( 34 ) mdr prototype tcgaatgagc tcaggcttcc6 542 sj ( 34a ) mdr tcgaatgagc tcaggctt7 540 sj ( 34b ) mdr actcgaatga gctcaggctt cc8 533 sj ( 34c ) mdr agctcaggct tcctgtggca9 543 sj ( 34d ) mdr cgaatgagct caggct10 3 664 5 ( 1 ) mdr prototype ccctacctcg cgctccttgg aacggc11 688 ol ( 10 ) mdr gctcccagct ttgcgtgccc12 4 884 ol ( 12 ) mdr prototype gcgcgctccg ggcaacatgg13 881 ol ( 12a ) mdr cgcgctccgg gcaacatggt cc14 885 ol ( 12b ) mdr cgcgctccgg gcaacatg15 881 ol ( 12c ) mdr ctccgggcaa catggtcc16 941 ol ( 15 ) mdr prototype tgcttcctcc cacccaccgc17 937 ol ( 15a ) mdr tcctcccacc caccgcccgc18 938 ol ( 15b ) mdr ttcctcccac ccaccgcccg19 939 ol ( 15c ) mdr cttcctccca cccaccgccc20 940 ol ( 15d ) mdr gcttcctccc acccaccgcc21 5 1000 ol ( 5 ) mdr prototype tctggacttt gcccgccgcc22 1001 ol ( 5a ) mdr ttctggactt tgcccgccgc23 1002 ol ( 5b ) mdr gttctggact ttgcccgccg24 1003 ol ( 5c ) mdr cgttctggac tttgcccgcc25 6 1125 ol ( 1 ) mdr prototype gctcctccat tgcggtcccc26 1123 ol ( 1b ) mdr gctcctccat tgcggtcccc tt27 1125 ol ( 1c ) mdr tctttgctcc tccattgcgg tcccc28 1125 ol ( 1q ) mdr tttgctcctc cattgcggtc ccc29 1125 ol ( 1w ) mdr tcctccattg cggtcccc30 1123 ol ( 1wa ) mdr ctccattgcg gtcccctt31 1125 ol ( 1wb ) mdr ctccattgcg gtcccc32 1121 ol ( 1wc ) mdr ccattgcggt ccccttca33 1127 ol ( 1x ) mdr gctcctccat tgcggtcc34 1122 ol ( 1a ) mdr cctccattgc ggtccccttc35 7 1688 ol ( 2 ) mdr prototype gcaaccagca ccccagcacc36 1691 ol ( 2a ) mdr gcagcaacca gcaccccagc37 8 5996 ol ( 3 ) mdr prototype tgcccaccag agccagcgtc38 6278 ol ( 15 ) mdr prototype gcctcctttg ctgccctcac ga39 9 6551 sj ( 36 ) mdr prototype ccagggcttc ttggacaacc ta__________________________________________________________________________ * the nucleotide starting position for targeting mdr1gene transcripts is based on the genbank entries hummdr1ao1 through hummdr1a26 , considered as a single linear sequence , with number 1 position being the most 5prime nucleotide of the hummdr1a01 genbank entry . the nucleotide starting positions in this table represent the most 5prime nucleotide of the corresponding sense sequence . particularly preferred for practice of the invention are oligos that hybridize to the hotspots listed below ( or substantially equivalent variants ) for mdr - 1 , genbank reference no . hummdr1 - ao1 through - ao26 , taken consecutively ( chin et al ., mol . cell . biol . 9 : 3808 , 1989 ; chen et al ., j . cell . biochem . 265 : 506 , 1990 ). ______________________________________hot - spot 6 : range of bases includes positions 1121 - 1158 ( bases numbered as per footnote to table 1 ); sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 102 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- tgaaggggaccgcaatggaggagcaaagaagaagaact - 3 &# 39 ; hot - spot 2 : range of bases includes positions 540 - 564 ; sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 103 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- ggaagcctgagctcattcgagtagc - 3 &# 39 ; hot - spot 3 : range of bases includes positions 685 - 708 ; sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 104 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- aggggcacgcaaagctgggagct - 3 &# 39 ; hot - spot 4 : range of bases includes positions 881 - 904 : sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 105 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- ggaccatgttgcccggagcgcgca - 3 &# 39 ; ______________________________________ table 1a describes several sequence variants of antisense oligos in hotspot 3 of the mdr1 gene . table 1b describes very similar oligos that bind near the translational start site of the mrna . oligo &# 34 ; 5 ( 1c ) mdr &# 34 ; ( seq id no : 94 ) binds to an upstream splice junction site , while oligo &# 34 ; 5 ( 1g ) mdr &# 34 ; ( seq id no : 98 ) binds to a site just upstream of the start codon . interestingly , nearly identical sequences ( only 1 base difference in 22 ) exist in both the genomic and the spliced cdna versions of the gene ( starting positions # 666 and # 405 , respectively ). the fourth position guanine in seq id no : 98 makes a perfect match with the &# 34 ; aug &# 34 ; start site region , while a fourth - position thymidine in seq id no : 94 makes a perfect match precisely with the upstream exon 1b / intron 1 splice junction . a variant of these oligos , synthesized with a fourth position inosine base ( such as , for example , oligo &# 34 ; 5 ( 1j ) mdr &# 34 ;, seq id no : 101 ) should be able , therefore , to bind equally to transcripts from either site . table 1a__________________________________________________________________________additional sequence variants in the hotspot 3 region of mdr1 gene nucleotide oligoseq hot - starting trivial oligo sequenceid no . spot position . sup . 1 name ( 5 &# 39 ; --& gt ; 3 &# 39 ;) __________________________________________________________________________93 3 673 5 ( 1a ) mdr cgtgccccta cctcgcgctc ct93 3 666 5 ( 1b ) mdr ccctacctcg cgctccttgg aacg94 3 666 5 ( 1c ) mdr ccct . sup . 2 acctcg cgctccttgg aa95 3 671 5 ( 1d ) mdr cgtgccccta cctcgcgctc cttg96 3 677 5 ( 1e ) mdr cgtgccccta cctcgcgc__________________________________________________________________________ table 1b__________________________________________________________________________additional sequence variants in the upstream splice junction site nucleotide oligoseq hot - starting trivial oligo sequenceid no . spot position . sup . 4 name ( 5 &# 39 ; --& gt ; 3 &# 39 ;) __________________________________________________________________________97 -- 408 5 ( 1f ) mdr tcccgacctc gcgctcct98 -- 403 5 ( 1g ) mdr cccg . sup . 2 acctcg cgctccttgg aa99 -- 405 5 ( 1h ) mdr ccatcccgac ctcgcgctcc ttgg100 -- 403 5 ( 1i ) mdr ccatcccgac ctcgcgctcc ttggaa101 -- 405 5 ( 1j ) mdr ccci . sup . 3 acctcg cgctccttgg__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . 1 the nucleotide starting position for targeting mdr1gene transcript is based on the genbank entries hummdr1ao1 through hummdr1a26 , considered as a single linear sequence , with number 1 position being the most 5prime nucleotide of the hummdr1a01 gen bank entry . the nucleotide starting positions in this table represent the most 5prime nucleotide of the corresponding sense sequence . . sup . 2 if an inosine base is placed in this fourth base position , then th resulting odn would effectively be a perfect match with both binding sites . . sup . 3 this variant sequence contains an inosine base substituted at the fourth position where the singlebase variation between seq id no : 94 and seq id no : 98 exits . . sup . 4 the nucleotide starting position for targeting mdr1 mrna is based on genbank entry hummdr1 / m14758 . table 2__________________________________________________________________________preferred 23 - mer mdr - oligo nucleotide sequences within targetinghotspots . nucleotide oligo ( trivialseq hot - starting name ) and variants oligo sequenceid no . spot position * of same length ( 5 &# 39 ; --& gt ; 3 &# 39 ;) __________________________________________________________________________40 10 670 pa ( 1 ) mdr prototype gcgggaggtg agtcactgtc tcc41 670 ap ( 1 ) mdr ggagacagtg actcacctcc cgc__________________________________________________________________________ * the nucleotide starting position for targeting the mdr1gene is based on the genbank entry j05674 : &# 34 ; hummdr1b &# 34 ;, and represents the most 5prime nucleotide of the corresponding sense sequence . table 3__________________________________________________________________________preferred 20 - mer and 26 - mer mrp - oligo nucleotide sequences withintargeting hotspots nucleotide oligo ( trivialseq hot - starting name ) and variants oligo sequenceid no . spot position * of same length ( 5 &# 39 ; --& gt ; 3 &# 39 ;) __________________________________________________________________________42 1 24 5 ( 3 ) mrp prototype cggcggcggc ggcgcaggga gccggg43 2 169 5 ( 2 ) mrp prototype cggtggcgcg ggcggcggcg ggcacc44 3 220 ol ( 14 ) mrp prototype gcgggtcgga gccatcggcg45 222 ol ( 14a ) mrp gagcgggtcg gagccatcgg46 223 ol ( 14b ) mrp agagcgggtc ggagccatcg47 225 ol ( 14c ) mrp ccagagcggg tcggagccat48 4 1210 ol ( 5 ) mrp prototype ctgcggcccg gaaaacatca49 5 2114 ol ( 2 ) mrp prototype cggtgatgct gttcgtgccc50 2101 ol ( 2a ) mrp cgtgcccccg ccgtctttga51 2102 ol ( 2b ) mrp tcgtgccccc gccgtctttg52 2103 ol ( 2c ) mrp ttcgtgcccc cgccgtcttt53 2104 ol ( 2d ) mrp gttcgtgccc ccgccgtctt54 2105 ol ( 2e ) mrp tgttcgtgcc cccgccgtct55 2106 ol ( 2f ) mrp ctgttcgtgc ccccgccgtc56 2107 ol ( 2g ) mrp gctgttcgtg cccccgccgt57 2108 ol ( 2h ) mrp tgctgttcgt gcccccgccg58 2109 ol ( 2i ) mrp atgctgttcg tgcccccgcc59 2110 ol ( 2j ) mrp gatgctgttc gtgcccccgc60 6 2516 ol ( 6 ) mrp prototype gggccaggct cacgcgctgc61 2519 ol ( 6a ) mrp gcccgggcca ggctcacgcg62 7 2848 ol ( 3a ) mrpprototype ccctggaccg ctgacgcccg63 2834 ol ( 3a ) mrp cgcccgtgac cccgttctcc64 8 3539 ol ( 8 ) mrp prototype gcgggatgat gatggcggcg65 3538 ol ( 8a ) mrp cgggatgatg atggccgcga66 3540 ol ( 8b ) mrp ggcgggatga tgatggcggc67 3541 ol ( 8c ) mrp gggcgggatg atgatggcgg68 3542 ol ( 8d ) mrp ggggcgggat gatgatggcg69 3543 ol ( 8e ) mrp aggggcggga tgatgatggc70 3528 ol ( 8f ) mrp atggcggcga tgggcgtggc71 3529 ol ( 8g ) mrp gatggcggcg atgggcgtgg72 3530 ol ( 8h ) mrp tgatggcggc gatgggcgtg73 3531 ol ( 8i ) mrp atgatggcgg cgatgggcgt74 3532 ol ( 8j ) mrp gatgatggcg gcgatgggcg75 3533 ol ( 8k ) mrp tgatgatggc ggcgatgggc76 9 4154 ol ( 4 ) mrp prototype cgatgccgac cttttctcc77 4160 ol ( 4a ) mrp gccccacgat gccgaccttt78 4161 ol ( 4b ) mrp cgccccacga tgccgacctt79 4162 ol ( 4c ) mrp ccgccccacg atgccgacct80 4163 ol ( 4d ) mrp tccgccccac gatgccgacc81 10 4933 3 ( 3 ) mrp prototype tggcggtggc tgctgctttg82 4936 3 ( 3a ) mrp ggatggcggt ggctgctgct83 4937 3 ( 3b ) mrp cggatggcgg tggctgctgc84 11 4637 ol ( 15 ) mrp prototype ccggtgggcg atggtgagga cg__________________________________________________________________________ * the nucleotide starting position for targeting mrpgene transcripts is based on the genbank entry # l05628 : hummrpx &# 34 ;, and represents the most 5prime nucleotide of the corresponding sense sequence . particularly preferred for practice of the invention are oligos that hybridize to the hotspots listed below ( or substantially equivalent variants thereof ) for mrp , genbank reference no . hummrpx / lo5628 ( cole et al ., science 258 : 1650 , 1992 ). __________________________________________________________________________hot - spot 1 : range of bases includes positions 3528 - 3566 ( numbered as per footnote to table 3 ); sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 106 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- gccacgcccatcgccgccatcatcatcccgcccttggc - 3 &# 39 ; hot - spot 2 : range of bases includes positions 2469 - 2538 ; sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 107 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- cggacagagattggcgagaagggcgtgaacctgtct - gggggccagaagcagcgcgtgagcctggcccggg - 3 &# 39 ; hot - spot 3 : range of bases includes positions 1198 - 1242 ; sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 108 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- tccacgacctgatgatgttttccgggccgcagatcttaaagttgc - 3 &# 39 ; hot - spot 4 : range of bases includes positions 2805 - 2896 ; sequence below ( sequence i . d . no . 109 ) is coding strand : 5 &# 39 ;- gccagcacagagcaggagcaggatgcagaggagaacggggtcacgggcgtca - gcggtccagggaaggaagcaaagcaaatggagaatgggat - 3 &# 39 ; __________________________________________________________________________ table 4______________________________________preferred size variants of mdr - oligos at different startingpositions in the mdr1 gene sequence hotspots nucleotidehot - starting oligo size variantsspot position ( nucleotide length )* ______________________________________1 460 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 461 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 462 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 463 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 464 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 465 25 . 22 . 21 . 19 466 25 . 21 . 19 467 25 . 19 . 18 468 25 . 19 . 18 . 17 469 25 . 18 . 17 470 17 486 17 488 20 496 20 . 17 497 17 498 172 517 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 518 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 519 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 520 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 521 22 . 21 522 21 523 212 540 25 , 24 , 23 , 22 , 21 , 20 , 19 , 18 541 23 , 22 , 21 , 20 , 19 , 18 542 22 , 21 , 20 , 19 , 183 663 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 664 26 . 25 . 24 . 23 , 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 665 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 17 666 25 . 24 . 23 667 25 . 24 . 23 668 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 669 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 670 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 671 23 . 21 672 23 . 21 673 21 674 21 676 19 677 18 678 17 680 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 681 19 . 18 . 17 682 19 . 18 . 17 683 21 . 18 . 17 684 21 . 17 685 21 686 21 . 17 687 21 . 19 . 17 688 174 879 25 , 24 , 23 , 22 880 24 , 23 , 22 881 23 , 22 882 22 883 21 884 20 885 19 912 21 . 19 . 18 913 19 . 18 914 19 . 18 915 18 937 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 , 19 . 18 . 17 938 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 939 25 , 24 , 23 . 22 . 21 , 20 , 19 . 18 . 17 940 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 941 25 , 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 942 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 943 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 944 22 . 21 945 21 . 19 . 18 946 19 . 18 947 19 . 175 981 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 982 21 . 19 983 19 984 19 985 18 986 17 995 23 . 22 . 19 . 18 . 17 996 22 . 18 . 17 997 17 998 19 . 18 . 17 999 24 . 23 . 22 . 18 . 17 1000 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 , 19 . 18 . 17 1001 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1002 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1003 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1004 19 . 18 . 17 1005 24 . 23 . 19 . 18 1006 23 . 18 1008 25 . 24 . 23 1009 25 . 24 . 23 1010 25 . 24 . 23 1011 25 . 24 . 23 1012 25 . 24 . 23 1013 25 . 24 . 23 1014 25 . 24 . 23 1015 25 . 23 1031 22 . 21 1032 21 . 19 1033 19 . 18 . 17 1034 19 . 17 1055 17 1088 25 1089 25 1090 25 1091 25 1092 25 1093 25 1094 256 1121 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1122 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1123 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1124 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1125 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1126 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1127 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1128 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1129 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1130 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1131 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 1132 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 1133 25 . 24 . 23 1134 25 . 24 . 23 1135 24 . 23 1136 24 . 237 1685 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 1686 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1687 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1688 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1689 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 18 1690 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1691 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 1692 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 1693 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 19 . 18 . 17 1694 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 19 . 18 . 17 1695 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 18 . 17 1696 24 . 23 . 22 1697 24 . 238 5932 17 5995 22 . 21 5996 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 5997 19 . 18 . 17 5998 18 . 17 5999 17 6004 21 6007 17 8a 6277 23 6278 22 , 21 6279 21 , 20 6280 209 6548 24 . 23 . 22 6549 23 . 22 6550 22 6551 22 6560 21 6562 19 6563 18 6564 17______________________________________ * the numbers indicate the 26mers , 25mers , 24mers , etc ., down to 17mers that are contained within the oligo sequence shown . size reduction in individual oligos is limited to removal of nucleotides from the 5prime en only of the oligo shown at each nucleotide starting position . table 5______________________________________preferred size variants of mrp - oligos at different startingpositions in the mrp gene sequence hotspots nucleotidehot - startingspots position oligo size variants______________________________________1 20 17 21 17 22 17 24 26 36 , 39 , 42 , 45 , 48 , 51 , 54 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 37 , 40 , 43 , 46 , 49 , 52 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 38 , 41 , 44 , 47 , 50 , 53 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 . 17 55 25 56 25 57 252 169 26 . 19 . 18 . 17 170 18 . 17 171 173 219 19 220 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 221 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 222 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 223 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 224 21 . 19 . 18 225 20 . 19 . 18 226 19 . 18 227 18 236 19 263 25 . 24 264 25 . 244 1198 24 1199 24 . 23 1200 24 . 23 1201 24 . 23 1202 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 1203 24 . 23 . 22 1204 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 1205 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 1206 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 1207 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 1208 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 1209 25 . 23 . 22 . 21 1210 25 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 17 1211 25 . 21 . 17 1212 25 . 21 . 17 1213 24 . 21 . 18 . 17 1214 25 . 17 1215 25 . 17 1216 25 . 17 1217 25 . 175 2101 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2102 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2103 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 19 . 17 2104 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2105 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2106 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2107 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2108 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2109 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2110 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2111 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 2112 22 . 21 . 19 2113 21 2114 20 2115 196 2469 25 . 24 . 23 2470 25 . 24 . 23 2471 25 . 24 . 23 2472 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 2473 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 2474 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 2475 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 2476 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 2477 23 . 22 . 21 2478 22 . 21 2479 21 2489 22 . 21 2490 21 2516 20 . 17 2517 17 2518 19 . 18 . 17 2519 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2520 18 . 17 2521 177 2805 25 2829 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 2830 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 2831 23 . 22 . 21 2832 22 . 21 . 19 2833 21 . 19 2834 20 . 19 2935 19 . 18 2836 18 2837 18 . 17 2848 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 2849 19 . 18 2850 18 2862 24 . 23 . 22 , 21 . 19 2863 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 2864 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 2865 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 2866 24 . 23 . 22 2867 24 . 23 2868 24 . 23 2869 24 . 23 2870 25 . 24 . 23 2871 25 . 24 . 23 2872 24 . 23 2873 238 3528 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 3529 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 3530 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 3531 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 3532 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 3533 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 3534 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 3535 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 3536 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 3537 25 . 24 . 23 . 21 . 19 3538 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 3539 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 3540 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 3541 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 3542 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 3543 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 3544 21 . 19 . 18 3545 21 . 19 3546 19 3547 19 . 18 3548 189 4146 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 4147 24 . 23 . 22 4148 23 . 22 . 21 4149 22 . 21 . 19 4150 21 . 19 4151 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 4152 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 4153 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 4154 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 4155 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 19 4156 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 4157 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 4158 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 4159 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 4160 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 4161 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 4162 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 4163 20 . 19 . 18 . 17 4164 19 . 18 . 17 4165 19 . 18 . 17 4166 18 . 17 4167 17 4173 1710 4873 25 4929 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 4930 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 4931 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 4932 25 . 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 4933 24 . 23 . 22 . 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 4934 23 . 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 4935 22 . 21 . 19 . 18 4936 21 . 20 . 19 . 18 4937 20 . 19 . 18 4938 19 . 18 4939 19 4940 1711 4633 25 , 24 , 23 , 22 , 21 4634 24 , 23 4635 23 4636 22 , 21 , 20 , 19 , 18 4637 21 4639 19 4640 19 , 18______________________________________ pursuant to the invention , oligos designed to inhibit the expression of the mdr1 or mrp genes are administered to patients in accordance with any of a number of standard routes of drug administration . for example , the oligo may be administered to a patient by continuous intravenous administration for a period of time such as ten days . an infusion rate of 0 . 05 - 0 . 5 mg / kg / hr should be suitable for the practice of the invention . alternatively , the oligo may be injected daily , given orally or be released into the patient &# 39 ; s body from an implanted depot or be given by some other route of administration as deemed appropriate according to the criteria of standard clinical practice . other inhibitors of p - gp or mrp function may be given in conjunction with the administration of the oligonucleotide in accordance with the best mode of use for the given agent . if a patient has cancer or a premalignant syndrome and the purpose of administering the oligo to the patient is to improve chemotherapy response , then chemotherapeutic agents will be given either during or at about the same time as the oligo administration . a period of about one week prior to or following the administration of the oligo should be a period of time during which chemotherapeutic drugs should be given to the patient . if the patient has cancer or a premalignant syndrome and the purpose of administering the oligo is to prevent the development of multidrug resistance in the diseased cells , then the oligos will be administered to patients at times when the patient does not have active levels of chemotherapeutic drugs in the patient &# 39 ; s body . if a patient has an autoimmune disease , such as arthritis , is experiencing graft rejection or graft - versus - host disease , then the oligos may be administered to the patient alone or in combination with other agents including inhibitors of p - gp or mrp as an immunosuppressive therapy . oligo doses and schedules suitable for cancer patients also should be suitable for patients with autoimmune disease or who are experiencing graft rejection . drugs cytotoxic or cytostatic to cells of the patient &# 39 ; s immune system may also be given in conjunction with the oligo to bring about an immunosuppressed state in the patient for the purpose of reversing the pathological conditions . use of selected oligonucleotides for depleting malignant cells or cytotoxic mononuclear cells from bone marrow or from peripheral stem cell harvests pursuant to the invention , one first obtains a sample of bone marrow or peripheral stem cells in accordance with any of a number of standard techniques . the patient to receive an autologous transplant may then be treated with an optimal dose of radiation and / or chemotherapy according to standard clinical procedures . the bone marrow or peripheral stem cell sample may be cryopreserved and stored until needed , or immediately treated with the oligo . in order for the tumor cell or normal mononuclear cell targets to be affected by the oligo , the cells must be exposed to the oligos under conditions that facilitate their uptake by the malignant cells . this may be accomplished by a number of procedures , including , for example , simple incubation of the cells with an optimal concentration of the oligo in a suitable nutrient medium for a period of time suitable to achieve a significant reduction in p - gp or mrp expression . four days should be sufficient incubation period , but time may need to be extended , e . g ., for slow growing tumors . at this time , a chemotherapeutic drug may be added that will kill any cancer cells present in the graft in the case of an autologous transplant or non - malignant mononuclear cells that can produce graft - versus - host disease in the case of an allogeneic transplant . after the bone marrow or peripheral stem cells have been cultured as just described , they are then infused into the transplant recipient to restore hemopoiesis . the mdr - aptameric oligonucleotides shown in table 14 ( example 7 ) are very active in reversing the multidrug resistance phenotype , and in inhibiting the growth of multidrug resistant cancer cells . they have little or no drug sensitizing or proliferation - inhibiting activity on drug sensitive cells . this aptameric effect also is shared by the ol ( 1c ) mdr oligo and , to a lesser extent , by the ol ( 1q ) mdr and sj ( 34 ) mdr oligos . it has been found , using a previously described technique involving purified rat brain protein kinase c isoenzymes ( ward et al ., j . biol . chem . 270 : 8056 , 1995 ) that these aptameric oligonucleotides do not significantly alter the activity of pkc - α , - β or - gamma . the existing data support the concept of developing these aptamers for clinical use , using basically the same strategy described herein for oligonucleotides targeting mdr1 or mrp . using methodology of the type described by schultze et al ( j . mol . biol . 235 : 1532 , 1994 ), common structural features in these aptamers can be uncovered that would provide a basis for designing additional ( and perhaps more specific and more active ) aptamers for reversing multidrug resistance . in addition , using standard molecular biological techniques such as those described in standard texts such as , for example , current protocols in molecular biology ( fm ausubel et al ., eds , new york : john wiley & amp ; sons , inc ., 1994 ), these mdr - aptameric oligonucleotides can be used to identify the target molecule to which they bind and produce the effect seen on multidrug resistance . for example , these mdr - aptamers can be radiolabeled and incubated in vitro with cells which are then lysed ; or , the mdr - aptamers can be used to treat cell lysates , and fractionation studies can then be carried out to isolate molecules to which the radiolabeled mdr - aptamer binds . studies would then be carried out to confirm that a particular molecule to which the mdr - aptamer had been tightly bound has a functional role in multidrug resistance . for example , it might be shown that the molecule to which the mdr - aptamer binds is more active , or is expressed at higher levels , in multidrug resistant cells than in the drug - sensitive counterparts . purification of the protein to which the aptamers bind would allow microsequencing . the protein sequence can be used to generate a set of oligonucleotide probes that can be used to identify the cdna and / or gene sequence that encodes the said protein . if it is a known protein or gene , then this information will identify the target of the mdr - aptamers . if it is not a known gene , then the gene can be cloned and characterized . antisense oligos against this gene would be expected to have activity in reversing multidrug resistance . even if the gene encoding the protein to which the mdr - aptamers bind is not novel , then observation that targeting this protein with aptameric oligos leads to a reversal of the multidrug resistance phenotype is a novel observation , and it provides the basis for a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of cancer . in sum , preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to the systemic administration of an oligonucleotide capable of inhibiting the expression of one or more of these pumps in the tumors of patients with cancer ; or administering two oligos , one capable of inhibiting , for example , p - gp expression and the other inhibiting , for example , mrp expression , thereby rendering the patient &# 39 ; s tumor more susceptible to the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic agents administered together with the oligo . also , these oligos may be administered to patients prophylactically to prevent the development of multidrug resistance in a tumor . these oligos may be used alone to inhibit multidrug resistance , or in combination with other inhibitors of p - gp or mrp . the invention also includes procedures and compositions for ex vivo administration to purge malignant cells from bone marrow grafts . said oligos may also be administered to transplant or autoimmune patients as immunosuppressive agents . in another application , these oligos may be used to interrupt the blood brain barrier , thus allowing therapeutic agents to pass from the general circulation into the central nervous system . in yet another application , mrp oligos may be of use in inhibiting the transport of leukotrienes across cell membranes , and may be of clinical use in situations where this class of compounds is involved , for example , in inflammatory / allergic responses . also revealed are prototype oligos that can inhibit various multidrug resistance phenotypes in cancer cells by an aptameric effect . the following examples are provided to describe the invention in further detail . these examples are intended to illustrate , and not to limit , the invention . sensitization of multidrug - resistant ( mdr +) cancer cell lines to doxorubicin by mdr - oligos . multidrug resistant tumor cells were incubated with 15 μm of ol ( 6 ) mdr oligo , cohen ( 1 ) mdr oligo or a negative - control ( hiv - 2 ) oligo for 4 days at 37 ° c . in a humidified incubation chamber . varying doses ( 5 - fold serial dilutions ) of doxorubicin ( from 1 × 10 - 5 m to 1 × 10 - 8 m ) were then added to the culture wells after the cells had been subcultured into media without oligos ; cells were then incubated in the same culture environment for an additional three days . radiolabeled ( tritiated ) thymidine was added to all cultures for 24 hr before harvest . each data point is the mean of 4 replicates . the data ( table 6 ) demonstrate that ol ( 6 ) mdr is able to sensitize multidrug - resistant cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents , nearly three times better than the best mdr - oligo reported in the literature ( jarozewski et al . : cancer comm . 2 : 287 - 294 , 1990 .). table 6______________________________________sensitization of 8226 / dox cells to killing by doxorubicinfollowing incubation with ol ( 6 ) mdr mdr - oligo . seq ic . sub . 50 relative sensitizationtreatment id no . dose (× 10 . sup .- 7 m ) ( fold increase ) ______________________________________medium only -- 6 . 5 -- hiv - 2 control oligo * 85 7 . 0 -- cohen ( 1 ) mdr oligo ** 86 5 . 0 1 . 3ol ( 6 ) mdr oligo 1 1 . 8 3 . 6______________________________________ * hiv - 2 nucleotide sequence ( 20mer ): 5tgtctccgct tcttcctgcc3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 85 ); cohen ( 1 ) mdr nucleotide sequence ( 15mer ): 5gctcctccat tgcgg3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no : 86 ) sensitization of multidrug - resistant 8226 / dox human myeloma cells and cem / vbl10 human leukemia cells to vincristine following incubation with mdr - oligos under low oxygen levels . as shown in this example , several oligos which target the mdr1 gene are able to sensitize multidrug - resistant cell lines to the cytotoxic effects of the chemotherapeutic agent vincristine . tumor cells were treated in vitro with 10 μm of the indicated oligo for 4 days at 37 ° c ., then counted , dispensed into individual tubes , and pulsed with vincristine at various doses ( serial 5 - fold dilutions ) for 3 hrs . the cells were then washed and seeded into 96 - well plates ( quadruplicate replicates ) for pulsing with tritiated thymidine 3 days later . cells were harvested the next day (= 4th day after drug treatment ). tritiated thymidine uptake was analyzed by liquid scintillation . the prototype mdr - oligos shown in tables 1 and 2 represent the most potent of the mdr - oligos screened on the tumor cell line in these studies . in experiments not shown , most of the other phosphorothioate mdr - oligos evaluated in vitro ( sequences not listed ) had little - to - no capacity to sensitize targeted tumor cells to cytotoxic drugs at concentrations at which the prototype oligos had substantial activity , confirming that the dramatic antisense effects noted above were not merely a cellular response to exposure to phosphorothioate molecules , but appear to be sequence dependent . the ol ( 1 ) mdr oligo ( table 7 ) is clearly much more potent than ol ( 6 ) mdr in sensitizing 8226 / dox cells to chemotherapeutic agents . given the data in tables 6 and 7 , it is also evident that ol ( 1 ) mdr is much more potent than the cohen ( 1 ) mdr oligo , even though the ol ( 1 ) mdr and cohen ( 1 ) mdr oligos have overlapping sequences : the present inventor , therefore , has made the unobvious discovery that the inclusion of the sequence (&# 34 ; tcccc &# 34 ;) to the oligos that bind in the same general area as the cohen ( 1 ) mdr oligo greatly increases the potency of the oligos in terms of sensitizing cells that express mdr1 to chemotherapeutic agents . table 7______________________________________sensitization of multidrug - resistant tumor cells to killing byvincristinefollowing incubation with several mdr - oligos in 5 % oxygen relative oligo seq ic . sub . 50 sensitizationcell type used id no . dose (× 10 . sup .- 7 m )* ( fold increase ) ______________________________________8226 / dox control -- 4 . 5 -- ol ( 1 ) mdr 25 0 . 027 167 pa ( 1 ) mdr 40 0 . 28 16 5 ( 1 ) mdr 10 1 . 80 2 . 5 ol ( 6 ) mdr 1 2 . 20 2 . 5cem / control -- 100 . 0 -- vlb10 5 ( 1 ) mdr 10 0 . 9 111 ol ( 6 ) mdr 1 1 . 2 83 ol ( 5 ) mdr 21 1 . 5 67 ol ( 1 ) mdr 25 1 . 6 62 sj ( 36 ) mdr 39 1 . 6 62 ol ( 2 ) mdr 35 1 . 6 62 pa ( 1 ) mdr 40 1 . 9 53 ol ( 3 ) mdr 37 2 . 0 50______________________________________ * ic . sub . 50 = inhibitory concentration which gives 50 % reduction in tritiated thymidine uptake into dna as shown in this example , it was determined that there was an increase in sensitivity of multidrug - resistant 8226 / dox human myeloma cells to vincristine with increasing time of incubation following initial exposure to vincristine . the experimental conditions were identical to those utilized in obtaining the data shown in table 7 , except that the present experiment had two additional time points . table 8__________________________________________________________________________increase in sensitivity of multidrug - resistant 8226 / dox human myelomacellsto vincristine with increasing time of incubation followinginitial exposure to vincristine oligo relative sensitizationoligo used seq concentration ( fold increase )( trivial name ) id no . ( μm ) day 5 * day 7 day 9__________________________________________________________________________5 ( 1 ) mdr 10 2 3 . 4 26 . 9 724 10 2 . 1 20 . 5 423ol ( 1 ) mdr 25 2 18 . 3 412 5500 10 75 . 8 389 5729pa ( 1 ) mdr 40 2 2 . 3 27 1309 10 6 . 3 28 550ol ( 6 ) mdr 1 2 1 . 6 3 . 5 61 10 1 . 8 15 . 9 550control oligo ** 87 2 1 . 0 0 . 9 0 10 0 . 8 7 . 0 26 . 2 ic . sub . 50 value on : day 5 day 7 day 9media control -- 4 . 4 × 10 . sup .- 7 m 7 × 10 . sup .- 6 m 5 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 4 m__________________________________________________________________________ * days after initial treatment exposure with vincristine ** control oligo sequence : 5cctcggtccc ccctcgtccc c3 &# 39 ; ( seq id no . 87 ) in vitro sensitization of mrp - expressing lung cancer cells to etoposide by mrp - oligos . the prototype mrp - odn shown in table 3 represent the most potent of the mrp - odns screened on the tumor cell line in these studies . the human non - small - cell lung adenocarcinoma cell line a427 was treated with oligos at various concentrations for 4 days in vitro . the cells then were pulsed with various concentrations of etoposide ( range 1 . 6 × 10 - 4 to 1 × 10 - 6 m ) for 3 hrs . next , cells were trypsinized and seeded by volume into 96 - well plates with 12 replicates per treatment condition . three days later , tritiated thymidine was added and the cells harvested the next day . the ol ( 8 ) mrp antisense oligo specific to an mrp gene - related sequence , made the a427 lung cancer cell line 18 - times more sensitive in vitro to the cytotoxic effects of etoposide ( vp - 16 ). the data ( table 9 ) confirm the specificity of this activity . ol ( 6 ) mdr , which targets transcripts of the mdr1 gene , was used as a negative control with this mrp - expressing cell line . when novobiocin , a putative mrp inhibitor , was used at the same time as vp - 16 , it increased the a427 drug sensitivity by about 5 fold . table 9______________________________________a427 lung cancer cell line treated with mrp - oligos etoposide ( vp - 16 ) seq oligo relative id level sensitizationtreatment no . ( μm ) ic . sub . 50 ( fold increase ) ______________________________________experiment 1media control -- -- 3 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 5 m * -- novobiocin -- -- 0 . 72 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 5 . 0ol ( 6 ) mdr control 1 10 . 0 2 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 1 . 6ol ( 6 ) mdr control 1 5 . 0 3 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 1 . 2ol ( 6 ) mdr control 1 2 . 5 4 . 8 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 0ol ( 8 ) mrp 64 10 . 0 2 × 10 . sup .- 6 m 18 . 0ol ( 8 ) mrp 64 5 . 0 1 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 3 . 6ol ( 8 ) mrp 64 2 . 5 1 . 8 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 2 . 0experiment 2media control -- -- 5 × 10 . sup .- 5 m -- ol ( 6 ) mrp 60 10 . 0 6 × 10 . sup .- 6 m 85 ( 2 ) mrp 43 10 . 0 8 × 10 . sup .- 6 m 6ol ( 3 ) mrp 62 10 . 0 9 × 10 . sup .- 6 m 55 ( 3 ) mrp 42 10 . 0 1 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 5experiment 3media control -- -- 6 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 5 m -- ol ( 5 ) mrp 48 10 1 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 6ol ( 14 ) mrp 44 10 1 . 9 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 3ol ( 2 ) mrp 49 10 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 2 . 4experiment 4ol ( 6 ) mdr control 1 1 5 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 0ol ( 4 ) mrp 76 1 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 5 m 3______________________________________ * ic . sub . 50 = inhibitory concentration which gives 50 % reduction in tritiated thymidine uptake in this example , experimental conditions were identical to those utilized in obtaining the data in example 2 . these data show that the mrp - oligo , ol ( 8 ) mrp , can substantially sensitize non - lung cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents , as determined in in vitro assays . table 10______________________________________in vitro sensitization of 8226 / dox cells to vincristine by an mrp - oligoand comparison to several mdr - odns for relative potency . seq ic . sub . 50 relative sensitizationtreatment id no . dose (× 10 . sup .- 7 m ) ( fold increase ) ______________________________________medium only -- 11 -- ol ( 8 ) mrp 60 0 . 55 20ol ( 1 ) mdr 25 0 . 2 55ol ( 6a ) mdr 2 0 . 88 12 . 5ol ( 3 ) mdr 37 1 . 0 11ol ( 2 ) mdr 35 3 . 0 3 . 7______________________________________ in vitro testing of mdr - oligonucleotides was done on the multidrug - resistant ( mdr +) rpmi - 8226 / dox4 human multiple myeloma cell line ( gift of dr . william dalton , univ . arizona cancer ctr ., tucson ). cells were incubated in vitro for 4 days at 37 ° c . with mdr - oligos at 0 . 2 μm final concentration ; pulsed 18 hr with serial 5 - fold dilutions of chemotherapeutic drug ( vincristine ) from 1 × 10 - 4 m to 2 × 10 - 10 m . cells were then washed , and incubated for an additional 4 days . tritiated thymidine ( 3 h - tdr ) was added for last 18 hr to measure status of cellular proliferation . controls included mdr + 8226 cells similarly treated with vincristine but pretreated either with ( a ) control odns , or ( b ) culture medium only . table 11a______________________________________mdr - odns oligo seq 5 &# 39 ;- end length why the siteoligo id target no . of was selected relativename no . site bases ) ( footnote #) activity______________________________________ol ( 1 ) mdr 25 1125 . sup . 1 20 +++ ol ( 1a ) mdr 34 1122 20 variant ++ ol ( 1b ) mdr 28 1123 22 variant ++++++ ol ( 1c ) mdr 27 1125 25 variant +++++++ ol ( 1q ) mdr 28 1125 23 variant ++++++ ol ( 1w ) mdr 29 1125 18 variant +++++ ol ( 1wa ) mdr 30 1123 18 variant ++++ ol ( 1wb ) mdr 31 1125 18 variant ++++ ol ( 1wc ) mdr 32 1121 18 variant ++++ ol ( 1x ) mdr 33 1127 18 variant +++ ol ( 2 ) mdr 35 1688 20 + ol ( 3 ) mdr 37 5996 20 + ol ( 5 ) mdr 21 1000 20 +++ ol ( 6 ) mdr 1 488 20 + ol ( 6a ) mdr 2 496 20 variant -- ol ( 7 ) mdr 110 2199 20 + ol ( 8 ) mdr 111 5722 20 -- ol ( 9 ) mdr 112 3881 20 -- ol ( 10 ) mdr 11 688 20 +++ ol ( 11 ) mdr 851 20 + ol ( 12 ) mdr 12 884 20 +++ ol ( 12a ) mdr 13 881 22 variant +++++ ol ( 12b ) mdr 14 885 18 variant +++ ol ( 12c ) mdr 15 881 18 variant ++ ol ( 13 ) mdr 958 20 -- ol ( 14 ) mdr 5713 20 -- ol ( 15 ) mdr 16 941 20 -- ol ( 16 ) mdr 3 517 20 + sj ( 1 ) mdr 113 85 20 splice -- junctionsj ( 2 ) mdr 114 673 20 splice ++ junctionsj ( 6 ) mdr 2559 20 splice + junctionsj ( 18 ) mdr 6074 20 splice + junctionsj ( 30 ) mdr 4887 20 splice -- junctionsj ( 33 ) mdr 349 20 splice -- junctionsj ( 34 ) mdr 5 540 20 splice +++ junctionsj ( 34a ) mdr 6 542 18 variant +++++ sj ( 34b ) mdr 7 540 22 variant ++ sj ( 34c ) mdr 8 533 20 variant + sj ( 34d ) mdr 9 543 16 variant + sj ( 35 ) mdr 1097 20 splice -- junctionsj ( 36 ) mdr 39 6551 22 splice + junction3 ( 1 ) mdr 7051 20 3 &# 39 ;- end -- 5 ( 1 ) mdr 10 664 26 2 , aug start ++ 5 ( 2 ) mdr 640 28 2 -- ap ( 1 ) mdr 41 670 23 3 ; tr + bindingap ( 4 ) mdr 636 22 3 ; tr + bindingpa ( 1 ) mdr 40 -- 23 reverse + of ap ( 1 ) th ( 2 ) mdr 2954 20 published + cap ( 2 ) mdr 556 22 cap site + low ( 3 ) mdr 11 20 low tm + cohen ( 1 ) mdr 86 1130 15 published + nf - kb ( 1 ) mdr 296 22 3 ; tr -- bindingcat ( l ) mdr 432 20 tr binding -- y - box - mdr 464 22 tr binding -- ______________________________________ reactivity : -- = no effect ; + = weak positive effect ; +++++++ = very strong positive effect . the relative reactivity indicated for each mdrodn summarizes results obtained with 8226 / dox4 , 8226 / dox6 and cem / vlb10 multidrugresistant cell lines . . sup . 1 the numbering for the 5end target site is based on genbank entry hummdr1a01through - hummdr1a26 ( chin et al ., mol . cell . biol . 9 : 3808 , 1989 chen at al ., j . biol . chem . 265 : 506 , 1990 ), considered as a continuous sequence with the nucleotide at the extreme 5end of the sequence being given the nucleotide base number 1 . . sup . 2 these odns were designed to have sufficient binding affinity to th 5untranslated portion of the cdna to potentially block the movement of th ribosome toward the aug start site . . sup . 3 binding sites of these oligos are within an enhancer for the mdr1 gene , the sequence of which is reported by kohno et al ., j . biol . chem . 265 : 19690 , 1990 . ( genbank entry # hummdr1b / j05674 ). . sup . 4 ol ( 7 ) mdr sequence id no . 110 tagccacatggccccaggaa ol ( 8 ) mdr sequence id no . 111 actgacttgccccacggcca ol ( 9 ) mdr sequence id no . 112 ccaaagggcaaagggcaagg sj ( 1 ) mdr sequence id no . 113 gtaccttaccttttatctgg sj ( 2 ) mdr sequence id no . 114 tgcccctacctcgcgctcct table 11b______________________________________mrp - odns odn seq 5 &# 39 ;- end length why the siteoligo id target ( no . of was selected relativename no . site . sup . 1 bases ) ( footnote #) activity______________________________________a ( 1 ) mrp 1941 . sup . 20 aug start site -- ol ( 2 ) mrp 49 2114 20 -- ol ( 3 ) mrp 62 2848 20 +++ ol ( 4 ) mrp 76 4154 20 -- ol ( 5 ) mrp 48 1210 20 + ol ( 6 ) mrp 60 2516 20 + ol ( 7 ) mrp 3155 20 -- ol ( 8 ) mrp 64 3539 20 +++++ ol ( 9 ) mrp 3800 20 + ol ( 10 ) mrp 4484 20 ++ ol ( 11 ) mrp 4715 20 -- ol ( 12 ) mrp 89 20 -- ol ( 13 ) mrp 129 20 -- ol ( 14 ) mrp 44 220 20 + ol ( 15 ) mrp 84 3312 20 -- ol ( 16 ) mrp 1580 20 -- 3 ( 2 ) mrp 4836 20 3 &# 39 ;- end -- 3 ( 3 ) mrp 81 4933 20 3 &# 39 ;- end -- 5 ( 2 ) mrp 43 184 26 2 +++ 5 ( 3 ) mrp 42 24 26 2 ++ low ( 1 ) mrp 351 20 low t . sub . m -- low ( 2 ) mrp 714 20 low t . sub . m + cap ( 2 ) mrp 1 19 cap site + ______________________________________ reactivity : -- = no effect ; + = weak positive effect ; +++++ = strong positive effect . . sup . 1 the numbering for the 5end target site is based on genbank entry hummrpx / lo5628 ( cole et al ., science 258 : 1650 , 1992 ) with the nucleotide at the extreme 5end of the sequence being given the nucleotide base numbe 1 . . sup . 2 these odns were designed to have sufficient binding affinity to th 5untranslated portion of the cdna to potentially block the movement of th ribosome toward the aug start site . table 12______________________________________ic . sub . 5o summary ( based on 8226 / dox4 human myeloma cells ) fold - increase in sensitivityoligos * seq to drug ( trivial id sequence oligo vincristine treat - name ) no . position length ic . sub . 50 ment ** ______________________________________media -- -- -- 1 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 5 m -- controlol ( 1 ) mdr 25 1125 20 1 . 4 × 10 . sup .- 7 m 86ol ( 1b ) mdr 26 1123 22 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 m 7500ol ( 1c ) mdr 27 1125 25 & lt ;& lt ; 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 9 m & gt ;& gt ; 7500ol ( 1q ) mdr 28 1125 23 & lt ; 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 9 m & gt ; 7500ol ( 1w ) mdr 29 1125 18 2 . 1 × 10 . sup .- 9 m 5714ol ( 10 ) mdr 11 688 20 3 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 7 m 40ol ( 12 ) mdr 12 884 20 6 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 8 m 200ol ( 12a ) mdr 13 881 22 3 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 8 m 375ol ( 12b ) mdr 14 885 18 3 . 0 × 10 . sup .- 7 m 40sj ( 34 ) mdr 5 540 20 4 . 1 × 10 . sup .- 8 m 293sj ( 34a ) mdr 6 542 18 & lt ; 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 9 m & gt ; 7500sj ( 34c ) mdr 8 533 20 5 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 9 m 2182______________________________________ * all oligonucleotides were tested at a final concentration of 0 . 2 μm ** fold increase in drug sensitivity compared to media control ( no oligo o drug ). the following mathematical / statistical model was used to analyze the effects of oligos and various drug treatments on targeted tumor cells in these studies . the model is based on experiments which generally involve treatment of tumor cells with one of several odns or media only , and with several dose levels of an anti - cancer agent ( such as , for example , vincristine ( vcr )) or media only . analysis goals were to model the relationship of cell kill to the dose of vcr ( for example ), and to compare the effects of the various odns . investigation of the data indicate that the logarithm of counts can be modelled as a function of the dose of drug for each odn ; i . e . : a &# 34 ; full model &# 34 ; that fits for each odn and drug dose in a given experiment is as follows : ## equ1 ## thus , the natural log ( count ) is modelled as a linear function of powers of drug dose in the assay . for a fixed odn , i , the expected count for media - only ( no drug ) is for the drug dose , d *, on the other hand , the expected count is e ( count ). sub . d * = exp ( α . sub . i + β . sub . 2i d *+ β . sub . 3i square root of d *!+ β . sub . 4i { fourth root of d *}). using standard linear regression techniques , the &# 34 ; full &# 34 ; model ( 19 regressor variables ) was fitted to the data from all serial - dilution drug dose levels together ; from this , a more parsimonious model was developed by removing regressor variables which did not contribute to the model fit . this final model contained 10 regressor variables . from this most parsimonious model , with its 10 predictor variables , graphs of the data are prepared , in which predicted 3 h - tdr uptake counts ( on the y - axis ) are plotted against log 10 ( dose of drug ) ( x - axis ); this most parsimonious model fits the data with an excellent correlation coefficient of r 2 = 0 . 98 . the estimated functions ( curved lines ) associating log 10 ( vincristine dose ) with expected &# 34 ; 3 h - tdr counts &# 34 ; for each oligo can be calculated , and are shown in the following figure , where the &# 34 ; media only &# 34 ; control counts are placed on the left - hand y - axis . various estimates of parameters from the parsimonious model are shown in table 13 , which contains the model estimate of the count for each odn with media only ; differences here ( when compared to &# 34 ; media only &# 34 ; no odn !) reflect the cell kill associated with the odn alone . table 13 also contains an estimate of ic 50 values , the dose of vincristine ( vcr ) which is estimated to produce an expected count which is exactly half that expected with &# 34 ; media only &# 34 ; no vcr !. while formal statistical comparisons of the ic 50 values of the various odns is not possible , an ordering of the odns by estimated ic 50 values is possible . table 13______________________________________estimated mean count at vcr dose = 0 and ic . sub . 50 for oligonucleotidesused to treat 8226 / dox4 cells : results from most parsimonious modeloligo - foldnucleotide seq increase in ( trivial id estimated mean drugname ) no . count ( cpm ) estimated ic . sub . 50 sensitivity ** ______________________________________media only -- 159 , 500 1 . 28 × 10 - 5 m -- ol ( 12 ) mdr 12 159 , 500 5 . 50 × 10 - 8 m 233ol ( 12b ) mdr 14 159 , 500 7 . 39 × 10 - 7 m 17 . 3ol ( 12a ) mdr 13 159 , 500 2 . 97 × 10 - 8 m 414ol ( 1b ) mdr 26 120 , 800 1 . 79 × 10 - 8 m 715ol ( 1c ) mdr 27 40 , 200 1 . 33 × 10 - 7 m 96 . 2ol ( 1q ) mdr 28 76 , 200 1 . 92 × 10 - 8 m 667sj ( 34a ) mdr 6 100 , 300 6 . 81 × 10 - 8 m 188______________________________________ ** fold increase in drug sensitivity compared to corresponding oligo control ( no drug ) table 14______________________________________sensitization of 8226 / dox cells to killing by vcrfollowing incubation with mdr - aptameric oligonucleotides seq fold increase id sequence in drugtreatment no . ( 5 &# 39 ; --& gt ; 3 &# 39 ;) ic . sub . 50 sensitization ** ______________________________________media -- -- 4 × 10 - 5 m -- mdr - apt - 1 88 cccctggcgt tacctcctcg tttct 1 × 10 - 9 m 40 , 000mdr - apt - 2 89 ttcgcctgat ttccgcctcc cgtct 2 × 10 - 9 m 20 , 000mdr - apt - 3 90 cggtccgtta tgttcctg 7 × 10 - 9 m 5 , 714mdr - apt - 4 91 actcgcctcc cacgtagtgc tt & lt ; 1 × 10 - 9 m & gt ; 40 , 000______________________________________ ** fold increase in drug sensitivity compared to media control it will be appreciated that changes may be made in the nature , composition , operation and arrangement of the various elements described herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 114 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - 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sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : actcgaatgagctcaggcttcc22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : agctcaggcttcctgtggca20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 16 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : cgaatgagctcaggct16 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : ccctacctcgcgctccttggaacggc26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : gctcccagctttgcgtgccc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : gcgcgctccgggcaacatgg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : cgcgctccgggcaacatggtcc22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : cgcgctccgggcaacatg18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : ctccgggcaacatggtcc18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : tgcttcctcccacccaccgc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : tcctcccacccaccgcccgc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : ttcctcccacccaccgcccg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : cttcctcccacccaccgccc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 : gcttcctcccacccaccgcc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 : tctggactttgcccgccgcc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 22 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - 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sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 31 : ctccattgcggtcccc16 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 32 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 32 : ccattgcggtccccttca18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 33 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 33 : gctcctccattgcggtcc18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 34 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 34 : cctccattgcggtccccttc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 35 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 35 : gcaaccagcaccccagcacc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 36 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 36 : gcagcaaccagcaccccagc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 37 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 37 : tgcccaccagagccagcgtc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 38 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 38 : gcctcctttgctgccctcacga22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 39 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 39 : ccagggcttcttggacaaccta22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 40 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 40 : gcgggaggtgagtcactgtctcc23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 41 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 41 : ggagacagtgactcacctcccgc23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 42 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 42 : cggcggcggcggcgcagggagccggg26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 43 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 43 : cggtggcgcgggcggcggcgggcacc26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 44 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 44 : gcgggtcggagccatcggcg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 45 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 45 : gagcgggtcggagccatcgg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 46 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 46 : agagcgggtcggagccatcg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 47 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 47 : ccagagcgggtcggagccat20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 48 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 48 : ctgcggcccggaaaacatca20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 49 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 49 : cggtgatgctgttcgtgccc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 50 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 50 : cgtgcccccgccgtctttga20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 51 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 51 : tcgtgcccccgccgtctttg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 52 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 52 : ttcgtgcccccgccgtcttt20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 53 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 53 : gttcgtgcccccgccgtctt20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 54 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 54 : tgttcgtgcccccgccgtct20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 55 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 55 : ctgttcgtgcccccgccgtc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 56 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 56 : gctgttcgtgcccccgccgt20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 57 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 57 : tgctgttcgtgcccccgccg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 58 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 58 : atgctgttcgtgcccccgcc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 59 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 59 : gatgctgttcgtgcccccgc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 60 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 60 : gggccaggctcacgcgctgc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 61 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 61 : gcccgggccaggctcacgcg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 62 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 62 : ccctggaccgctgacgcccg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 63 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 63 : cgcccgtgaccccgttctcc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 64 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 64 : gcgggatgatgatggcggcg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 65 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 65 : cgggatgatgatggcggcga20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 66 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 66 : ggcgggatgatgatggcggc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 67 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 67 : gggcgggatgatgatggcgg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 68 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 68 : ggggcgggatgatgatggcg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 69 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 69 : aggggcgggatgatgatggc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 70 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 70 : atggcggcgatgggcgtggc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 71 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 71 : gatggcggcgatgggcgtgg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 72 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 72 : tgatggcggcgatgggcgtg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 73 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 73 : atgatggcggcgatgggcgt20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 74 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 74 : gatgatggcggcgatgggcg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 75 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 75 : tgatgatggcggcgatgggc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 76 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 19 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 76 : cgatgccgaccttttctcc19 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 77 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 77 : gccccacgatgccgaccttt20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 78 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 78 : cgccccacgatgccgacctt20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 79 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 79 : ccgccccacgatgccgacct20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 80 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 80 : tccgccccacgatgccgacc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 81 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 81 : tggcggtggctgctgctttg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 82 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 82 : ggatggcggtggctgctgct20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 83 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 83 : cggatggcggtggctgctgc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 84 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 84 : ccggtgggcgatggtgaggacg22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 85 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 85 : tgtctccgcttcttcctgcc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 86 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 15 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 86 : gctcctccattgcgg15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 87 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 87 : cctcggtcccccctcgtccc20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 88 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 25 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 88 : cccctggcgttacctcctcgtttct25 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 89 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 25 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 89 : ttcgcctgatttccgcctcccgtct25 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 90 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 90 : cggtccgttatgttcctg18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 91 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 91 : actcgcctcccacgtagtgctt22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 92 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 92 : cgtgcccctacctcgcgctcct22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 93 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 93 : ccctacctcgcgctccttggaacg24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 94 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc_feature ( b ) location : 4th position ( d ) other information : &# 34 ; oligonucleotide &# 34 ; inosine substitution for thymidine gives perfect matchboth binding sites &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 94 : cccnacctcgcgctccttggaa22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 95 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 95 : cgtgcccctacctcgcgctccttg24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 96 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 96 : cgtgcccctacctcgcgc18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 97 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 18 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 97 : tcccgacctcgcgctcct18 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 98 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc_feature ( b ) location : 4th position ( d ) other information : substitution of guanine withinosine gives a perfect match with both binding sites . ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 98 : cccnacctcgcgctccttggaa22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 99 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 99 : ccatcccgacctcgcgctccttgg24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 100 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 26 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 100 : ccatcccgacctcgcgctccttggaa26 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 101 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc_feature ( b ) location : 4th position ( d ) other information : this variant sequence contains aninosine base substituted at the fourth position wherethe single base variation between seq id : 94 andseq id no : 98 exists . ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 101 : cccnacctcgcgctccttgg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 102 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 38 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 102 : tgaaggggcaagcaatggaggagcaaagaagaagaact38 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 103 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 25 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 103 : ggaagcctgagctcattcgagtagc25 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 104 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 23 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 104 : aggggcacgcaaagctgggagct23 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 105 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 105 : ggaccatgttgcccggagcgcgca24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 106 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 39 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 106 : gccacgcccatcgccgccatcatcatcccgccccttggc39 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 107 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 70 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 107 : cggacagagattggcgagaagggcgtgaacctgtctgggggccagaagca50gcgcgtgagcctggcccggg70 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 108 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 45 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 108 : tccacgacctgatgatgttttccgggccgcagatcttaaagttgc45 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 109 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 92 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : no ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 109 : gccagcacagagcaggagcaggatgcagaggagaacggggtcacgggcgt50cagcggtccagggaaggaagcaaagcaaatggagaatgggat92 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 110 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) sequence description : seq id no : 110 : tagccacatggccccaggaa20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 111 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) sequence description : seq id no : 111 : actgacttgccccacggcca20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 112 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) sequence description : seq id no : 112 : ccaaagggcaaagggcaagg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 113 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) sequence description : seq id no : 113 : gtaccttaccttttatctgg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 114 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : not relevant ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iv ) anti - sense : yes ( ix ) sequence description : seq id no : 114 : tgcccctacctcgcgctcct20__________________________________________________________________________