Biological Applications of Hammerhead Ribozymes as Anti-viral Molecules

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

E-ISSN: 1875-533x|8|10|1181-1187

ISSN: 0929-8673

Source: Current Medicinal Chemistry, Vol.8, Iss.10, 2001-08, pp. : 1181-1187

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Abstract

Ribozymes are catalytic RNAs that can cleave substrate RNAs in a sequence specific manner. Here we survey, in brief, the structure of hammerhead and hairpin ribozymes and discuss their applications as molecular antiviral molecules for HIV-1.