Patent Application: US-51454295-A

Abstract:
neoplastic cells which over - express cd44 , including especially non - small cell lung cancer and melanoma cancer cells , are treated with antisense oligonucleotides to control cd44 expression . test results show that the claimed oligonucleotides significantly decreases cell growth in a cd44 sequence specific manner of lung cancer or melanoma cells , or both , but are largely non - toxic to normal cells . examples of dosing in a clinical setting are provided .

Description:
the discussion below describes the production of various oligonucleotide sequences , and the testing of the sequences for their effectiveness against lung and / or melanoma cancer cells . the antisense and sense oligonucleotides for human cd44 cdna were fragments of those designated in the sequences published by stamenkovic et al . ( 26 ). altogether , twenty - two - nucleotides were synthesized and tested , from which the following were selected for further evaluation : __________________________________________________________________________ position ( bp in cd44ref . no . sequence coding sequence ) seq id no__________________________________________________________________________antisense oligonucleotidesicn - 2405 &# 39 ; attcgaaatg aaacaa 1620 seq id no : 1icn - 2485 &# 39 ; tttatcttct tccaaggcga agc 991 seq id no : 2icn - 2375 &# 39 ; tttatcttct tccaag 991 seq id no : 3icn - 3085 &# 39 ; ttcctcccag gac 2038 seq id no : 4icn - 3105 &# 39 ; aaatttcctc ccag 2038 seq id no : 5icn - 3145 &# 39 ; ggcaggttat attca 250 seq id no : 6sense oligonucleotideicn - 2365 &# 39 ; atttgaatat aacctggcga agc 246 seq id no : 7random oligonucleotideicn - 885 &# 39 ; tgccagacta ttgtccca n / a seq id no : 8__________________________________________________________________________ all tested sequences were synthesized on an automated dna synthesizer ( applied biosystems model 394 ) as phosphodiester oligonucleotides using standard phosphoroamidite chemistry . the resulting oligonucleotides were purified by hplc using a reverse phase semiprep c8 column ( abi ) with linear gradient of 5 % acetonitrile in 0 . 1 m triethylammonium acetate and acetonitrile . the purity of the products was checked by hplc using an analytical c18 column ( beckman ). testing of the twenty - two oligonucleotide sequences was carried out on large cell lung carcinoma lines nci - h460 and nci - h661 and melanoma cancer cells hs294t from the american type culture collection . the cells were routinely propagated in culture in a humidified incubator at 37 ° c . in 5 % co 2 / 95 % air at atmospheric pressure . both cell lines were grown as adherent cultures in 90 % rpmi 1640 , supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum . cells were seeded in 96 - well microtiter plates at 2 , 000 cells per well , and subsequently treated with various concentrations ( 0 . 1 , 0 . 25 , 0 . 5 , 1 . 0 μm ) of the antisense and sense oligonucleotides described more fully below . after 72 h of culture , all cells were pulsed with 1 μci / ml of [ 3 h ] thymidine , cultured for an additional 2 h , harvested with an automatic harvester 96 ( tomtec ), and [ 3 h ] thymidine incorporation determined in a μ - counter . to assure accuracy of the results , all cultures were performed in triplicate and repeated at least three times . in the preliminary lung cancer screening , samples of the lung carcinoma cell lines nci - h460 and nci - h661 were incubated in the presence of 0 . 5 μm of each of the oligonucleotides for 72 hr before being tested for dna inhibition . fig1 shows the results of the screening , in which each of the vertical lines ( 1 - 22 ) represents the effectiveness of a particular oligonucleotide in arresting cell growth . six of the antisense oligonucleotides , line 1 - icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ); line 3 - icn - 248 ( seq id no : 2 ); line 6 - icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ); line 11 - icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ); line 13 - icn - 310 ( seq id no : 5 ); and line 17 - icn - 314 ( seq id no : 6 ), almost completely arrested cell growth in lung carcinoma , whereas the rest of the tested oligonucleotides had minimal effect on cell growth . fig2 shows the results of testing these six oligonucleotides ( from fig1 ) for cytotoxicity on both lung cancer cell lines using neutral red uptake ( clonetics , san diego ). each of the oligonucleotides registered in the range of untreated cells , indicating that they are not cytotoxic during treatment . fig3 a and 3b show the results of testing three antisense icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ); icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ); icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ) and one sense icn - 236 ( seq id no : 7 ) oligonucleotides for dose response . in these experiments , samples of the two lung cancer cells were treated with different concentrations ( 0 . 1 , 0 . 25 , 0 . 5 , 1 . 0 μm ) of the oligonucleotides for 72 hr . all three of the antisense oligonucleotides showed increasing inhibition of cell growth with increasing concentrations of oligonucleotide , with cell growth begin inhibited from 55 to 95 % at concentrations between 0 . 25 and 0 . 5 μm . increasing concentration of the sense oligonucleotide icn - 236 ( seq id no : 7 ) did not affect cell growth . fig4 a and 4b show the results of testing antisense oligonucleotides icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ), icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ), and icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ) on the two lines of lung cancer cells over a period of six days . as is readily seen , the highest percentage ( 20 - 45 %) of cell growth inhibition occurred between 24 and 48 hours for all three selected antisense oligonucleotides , and the effect was essentially nullified by 72 - 120 hours . to confirm sequence specificity we examined various oligonucleotides , icn - 88 ( seq id no : 8 ); icn - 236 ( seq id no : 7 ); icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ); icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ); icn - 248 ( seq id no : 2 ); and icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ) using rt - pcr . in that procedure total cellular rna extraction from both lung cancer cell lines and melanomas was isolated by the guanidine isothiocyanate method ( glassmax rna microisolation spin cartridge system -- gibco brl ), and first strand cdna synthesis was carried out using 0 . 5 μg total rna , oligo ( dt ) primer and m - mlv reverse transcriptase according to the instructions of the manufacturer ( perkin elmer cetus ). we then choose primers that specifically anneal to certain portions of the cd44 gene to amplify portions of the gene coding for specific cd44 proteins . the primers and dna probe we used for human cd44 cdna were those designated in the sequences published by stamenkovic et al . ( 1989 ) ( 26 ) as follows : __________________________________________________________________________primerssequences 5 &# 39 ;- 3 &# 39 ; position ( bp ) seq id no__________________________________________________________________________p - 1 gacacatatt gcttcaatgc ttcagc 520 seq id no : 9p - 2 gatgccaaga tgatcagcca ttctggaat 920 seq id no : 10p - 3 agcagagtaa ttctcagag 947 seq id no : 11p - 4 ctgataagga acgattgaca 1 , 221 seq id no : 12p - 5 gagaccaaga cacattccac c cca g 1 . 241 seq id no : 13p - 6 actccttgtt caccaaatgca 1 , 561 seq id no : 14p - 7 acaccttgtt caccaaatgca 192 seq id no : 15__________________________________________________________________________ pcr primers p - 1 ( seq id no : 9 ) and p - 2 ( seq id no : 10 ) are equivalent to primers used by matsamura and tarin ( 27 ), and are designed to anneal the standard portion of the cd44 . these primers yield a pcr fragment of 480 bp in samples expressing standard cd44 , a fragment of 878 bp in samples expressing the epithelial form of cd44 , and fragments producing several different bands in samples containing alternatively spliced transcripts . the cdna products ( 10 % of the total in each case ) were then used as templates for pcr in a reaction mixture that comprised 1 × taq buffer , mgcl 2 ( 1 . 5 mm ), dntp ( 500 μm ), the appropriate 5 &# 39 ; and 3 &# 39 ; primers , and taq i polymerase ( 50 units / ml ). the cycle parameters in all cases were 55 ° c . for 8 min ; 94 ° c . for 1 min ; 55 ° c . for 1 min ; and 72 ° c . for 2 min ; ( 35 cycles ) followed by 72 ° c . for 8 min . to verify quality and quantity , cdna was also amplified by pcr with ribosomal gene ( phe7 ), 31 sense primer 5 &# 39 ; cttcgaaagg caaggaggaa ( seq id no : 16 ) and antisense primer 5 &# 39 ; tggctctaca atcctcagca ( seq id no : 17 ), primers or β - actin sense primer 5 &# 39 ; cagccatgta cgttgctatc cag ( seq id no : 18 ), and antisense primer 5 &# 39 ; gtttcgtgga tgccacagga c ( seq id no : 19 ), as internal controls . this resulted in the generation of the 300 bp fragment for ribosomal gene or 450 bp for β - actin . 10 ul of each pcr product was electrophoresed in 1 . 5 % agarose gel and then transferred to positively charged nylon membranes ( boehringer mannheim ) for hybridization with cd44 oligonucleotide probe 5 &# 39 ; cctgaagaag attgt acatc agtcacagac ( seq id no : 20 ). the probe was radiolabelled with g - 32 p - atp at the 5 &# 39 ; end in the presence of t 4 polynucleotide kinase . prehybridization and hybridization were performed in rapid hybridization buffer ( amersham ) at 42 ° c . for 90 min . the filter was then washed twice in 5 × ssc , 1 × ssc with 0 . 1 % sds at 42 ° c . sequentially for 15 min each , and analyzed using a molecular imager ( gs - 250 , bio - rad ). to confirm expression of cd44 molecules we first examined untreated cells from lung carcinoma nci - h460 using combinations of primers designed to amplify different coding regions of cd44 the gene ( 26 ). in that procedure , rna samples were prepared from approximately 5 × 10 5 cells , and analyzed by rt - pcr under the same conditions as described above . as expected , pcr amplification using the primers p - 1 ( seq id no : 9 ) and p - 2 ( seq id no : 10 ) generated 480 bp fragments from rna for the standard cd44 isoform ( fig5 line 1 ). in contrast , other fragments of cd44 having significantly different molecular sizes were expressed by different combinations of other primers ( fig5 line 2 - p3 seq id no : 11 )+ p4 ( seq id no : 12 ); line 3 - p5 ( seq id no : 13 )+ p6 seq id no : 14 ); and line 4 - p6 ( seq id no : 14 )+ p7 ( seq id no : 15 )). to address the question of how one of the selected antisense oligonucleotides can inhibit cd44 mrna expression , we then examined cd44 expression using a combination of rt - pcr and southern blot hybridization . primers p - 1 ( seq id no : 9 ) and p - 2 ( seq id no : 10 ) used for rt - pcr were derived from exons ( 1 - 5 and 16 - 20 ) encoding &# 34 ; standard &# 34 ; isoform sequences adjacent to the variant insert . again , as expected from the published data ( 30 ) and our previous results summarized in fig5 the amplification with primers p - 1 ( seq id no : 9 ) and p - 2 ( seq id no : 10 ) generated only cd44 &# 34 ; standard &# 34 ; isoform . rna samples were then prepared from both lines of lung cancer cells , some of which had not been treated with antisense oligonucleotides , and some of which had been treated with antisense oligonucleotides ( 0 . 5 μm for 2 h ). we tested our six selected antisense oligonucleotides , and one sense and one random oligonucleotide as controls ( fig6 ). after rt - pcr and southern blotting analysis we found that three of the antisense oligonucleotides consistently exhibited superior inhibition of the cd44 mrna expression in nci - h460 cell lines ( see fig6 line 1 - icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ) ; line 3 - icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ) and line 5 - icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ). a similar effect of mrna inhibition was found in the nci - h661 ( fig8 line 2 - icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ); line 3 - icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ); and line 5 - icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 )). in contrast , cd44 expression was positive in untreated cells ( fig8 line 1 ), or in the cells treated either with sense or random oligonucleotides ( see fig8 line 4 - icn - 236 ( seq id no : 7 ); and line 6 - icn - 88 ( seq id no : 8 )). quantitative determination of the decrease in cd44 mrna molecules following treatment of lung carcinoma cells with antisense oligonucleotides ( fig7 ) was performed using &# 34 ; hot &# 34 ; pcr . that procedure involved essentially the same protocols described above , except that one of the deoxynucleotides in the mix was radiolabeled during pcr amplification , and final pcr products were labeled . the results were that at 0 . 5 μm concentration of antisense oligonucleotides , the cd44 mrna expression was decreased by 79 - 94 % after 2 h treatment , as determined densitometrically . ( fig7 line 1 - icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ); and line 4 - icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 )). no similar effect was observed with either the sense or random oligonucleotides ( fig7 line 3 - icn - 236 ( seq id no : 7 ); and line 6 - icn - 88 ( seq id no : 8 )), or with two other antisense oligonucleotides ( fig7 line 2 - icn - 248 ( seq id no : 2 ); and line 5 - icn - 310 ( seq id no : 5 )). furthermore , none of the oligonucleotides tested affected the ribosomal rna levels ( phe7 ), thus demonstrating selectivity for the targeted cd44 mrna . fig9 is a southern blot analysis similar to that of fig6 . here , however , samples of melanoma cancer cells ( hs294t ) were incubated with four antisense . here , however , samples of melanoma cancer cells ( hs294t ) were incubated with four antisense , icn - 237 ( seq id no : 3 ), icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ), icn - 310 ( seq id no : 5 ), and icn - 248 ( seq id no : 2 ), one sense , icn - 236 ( seq id no : 7 ) and one random , icn - 88 ( seq id no : 8 ) oligonucleotides . after rt - pcr and southern blotting analysis we found that two of the antisense oligonucleotides inhibited cd44 mrna expression with a very high effectiveness , 91 % for line 3 - icn - 240 ( seq id no : 1 ) and 84 % for line 5 - icn 248 ( seq id no : 6 ), and the remaining antisense , line 5 - icn - 308 ( seq id no : 4 ) shoeed an effectiveness of about 54 %. line 4 - icn - 236 ( seq id no : 4 ), and random , line 7 - icn - 88 ( seq id no : 8 ) oligonucleotides , along with the untreated cells , line 1 , showed no effect . β - actin was used as the internal control . delivery of oligonucleotides as described herein is well known in the art for a wide range of animals , including mammals , further , the oligonucleotides of the present invention can be administered in a &# 34 ; naked &# 34 ; form , encapsulated , in association with vesicles , liposomes , beads , microspheres , as conjugates , and as an aerosol directly to the lung , using for example icn biomedicals product no . spag 2 . thus , oligonucleotides of the present invention can be administered substantially by all known routes of administration for oligonucleotides , using all accepted modifications to produce nucleotide analogs and prodrugs , and including all appropriate binders and excipients , dosage forms and treatment regimens . at present the most preferred administration of the oligonucleotides of the present invention comprises intravenous administration of between about 0 . 1 and 10 mg of oligonucleotide per kg of body weight of the patient , 1 - 2 times per day for approximately 40 days . this regimen is based upon the observed half - life for similar oligonucleotides in vivo of up to several hours , along with the observation that the effect upon protein synthesis may last up to 48 or 72 hours . the specific treatment regimen given to any individual patient will , of course , depend upon the experience of the clinician in weighing the disease involved , the health and responsiveness of the patient , side effects , and many other factors as is well known among such clinicians . for example , greater of lesser dosage levels , and treatment regimens covering greater or lesser periods of time would be dependent upon the judgment of the attending clinician , and may include periods of rest during which treatment with the oligonucleotide is temporarily halted . treatment may also be combined with other anticancer and palliative treatments as appropriate . progression / remission of the disease being treated may be determined by following tumor size , extent of metastasis and other factors through radiological analysis and other means known in the art , and the existence and extent of side effects may be determined by following functioning of the liver and / or kidneys , and by following the blood circulation as for example through the use of ekg , which again are well known in the art . thus , antisense oligonucleotides effective in controlling cd44 expression in cancer cells which overproduce cd44 , and in particular non - small cell lung cancer and melanoma cells , have been disclosed . procedures for using these oligonucleotides in clinical practice have also been disclosed . while specific embodiments and applications have been shown and described , it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that additional modifications are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein . the invention , therefore , is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the appended claims . 1 . haynes f . b ., telen , j . m ., hale , p . l . denning m . s . cd44 - a molecule involved in leukocyte adherence and t - cell activation . immunology today , 1989 , 10 : 423 - 4282 . 2 . penno m b , august j t , baylin s b , mabry m , linnoila r i , lee v s , croteau d , yang x l and rosada c : expression of cd44 in human lung tumors . cancer res ., 1994 , 54 , 1381 - 1387 . 3 . lesley j , hyman r and kincade p w : cd44 and its interaction with extracellular matrix . adv . immunol . 1994 , 54 : 271 - 335 . 4 . sherman l ., sleeman j ., herrlich p ., ponta h ., hyaluronate receptors : key players in growth , differentiation , migration and tumor progression . current opinion in cell biology , 1994 , 6 : 726 - 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6667 . 26 . stamenkovic i , aruffo a , amiot m , seed b ,: the hemato - poietic and epithelial forms of cd44 are distinct polypeptides with different adhesion potentials for hyaluronate - bearing cells . the embo journal , 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . 27 . matsumura y , tarin , significance of cd44 gene products for cancer diagnosis and disease evaluation . the lancet , 1992 , 340 : 1053 - 1058 . 28 . kao h t and nevins jr , mol . cell . biol . 1983 , 2058 - 206 . 29 . iuima s n , hamada h , reddy p and kakunaga t , molecular structure of the human cytoplasmic β - actin gene : inerspecies homology of sequences in the introns . proc . nat . acad . sci . usa , 1985 , 82 : 6133 - 6137 . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - ( 1 ) general information :- ( iii ) number of sequences : 20 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 16 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 1620 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 :# 16 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 23 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 991 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 :# 23gcga agc - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 16 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 991 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 :# 16 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 13 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 2038 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 :# 13 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 14 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 2038 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 :# 14 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 15 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 250 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 :# 15 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 23 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 250 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 :# 23gcga agc - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 18 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome :- ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 :# 18 ca - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 26 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 520 - ( ix ) feature :# et al ., the emboation information : stamenkovic # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 :# 26 atgc ttcagc - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 29 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 920 - ( ix ) feature :# et al ., the emboation information : stamenkovic # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 :# 29 gcca ttctggaat - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 19 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 947 - ( ix ) feature :# et al ., the emboation information : stamenkovic # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 :# 19 gag - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 20 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 1221 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information : stamenkovi - # c et al ., the embo # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 :# 20 gaca - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 25 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 1221 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information : stamenkovi - # c et al ., the embo # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 :# 25 ccac cccag - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 21 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 1221 - ( ix ) feature :# et al ., the emboation information : stamenkovic # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 :# 21 atgc a - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 21 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome : cd44 182 - ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information : stamenkovi - # c et al ., the embo # 1991 , 10 : 343 - 348 . nal ,- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 :# 21 atgc a - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 20 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome :- ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 :# 20 ggaa - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# pairs ( a ) length : 20 base ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : unknown ( d ) topology : unknown - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - ( iv ) anti - sense : yes - ( v ) fragment type :- ( vi ) original source :- ( vii ) immediate source :- ( viii ) position in genome :- ( ix ) feature :- ( x ) publication information :- ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 :# 20 agca - 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