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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

May. 22, 2008
Applicants:

Melissa Kelley, Lafayette, CO (US);

Amanda Birmingham, Lafayette, CO (US);

Jon Karpilow, Boulder, CO (US);

Anastasia Khvorova, Boulder, CO (US);

Kevin Sullivan, Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

Melissa Kelley, Lafayette, CO (US);

Amanda Birmingham, Lafayette, CO (US);

Jon Karpilow, Boulder, CO (US);

Anastasia Khvorova, Boulder, CO (US);

Kevin Sullivan, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

GE Healthcare Dharmacon, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/11 (2006.01); C12N 15/64 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/111 (2013.01); C12N 2330/30 (2013.01); C12N 2310/141 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides non-naturally occurring miR-196a-2 miRNAs and non-naturally occurring miR-204 miRNAs. The non-naturally occurring miRNAs of the disclosure have mature strand sequences distinct from their endogenous counterparts. The disclosure also provides methods of selecting mature strand sequences that function optimally in non-naturally occurring miR-196a-2 miRNAs. The methods and compositions of the disclosure may be used to mediate gene silencing via the RNAi pathway.


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