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John J Rossi1

  • 1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA. jrossi@coh.org

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Abstract:

In a mouse model of skin cancer, intratumoral injection of a sequence-specific mRNA-cleaving DNA enzyme caused potent inhibition of tumor growth and unusually benign pharmacodynamic profiles.

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Ribozymes

The term ribozyme is used for RNA that can act as an enzyme. Ribozymes are mainly found in selected viruses, bacteria, plant organelles, and lower eukaryotes. Ribozymes were first discovered in 1982 when Tom Cech’s laboratory observed Group I introns acting as enzymes. This was shortly followed by the discovery of another ribozyme, Ribonulcease P, by Sid Altman’s laboratory. Both Cech and Altman received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1989 for their work on ribozymes.
Ribozymes can be...

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