Oligonucleotides specific for the marORAB operon

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Animal cell – per se ; composition thereof; process of... – Method of regulating cell metabolism or physiology

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

435 6, 435455, 4353201, 435325, 4352521, 43525233, 536 231, 536 241, 536 243, 536 245, C07H 2104, C12Q 168

Patent

active

061366021

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are synthetic oligonucleotides complementary to a transcript of the marORAB operon which inhibit expression of a gene in the operon. Also disclosed are methods of reducing bacterial resistance to antibiotics, and pharmaceutical formulations containing marORAB-specific oligonucleotides of the invention.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5817793 (1998-10-01), Levy
Uhlmann et al. "Antisense Oligonucleotides: A New Therapeutic Principle" Chemical Reviews vol. 90(4): 543-584, Jun. 1990.
Agrawal. "Antisense Oligonucleotides: Towards Clinical Trials" TIBTECH vol. 14:376-387, Oct. 1996.
Branch. "A Good Antisense is Hard to Find" TIBS vol. 23: 45-50, Feb. 1998.
Blattner F.R., et al. EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database Jan. 29, 1997. Accession No. AE000250. E. coli Mar R, Mar A, and Mar B genes.
Agrawal, Sudhir "Antisense Oligonucleotides as Antiviral Agents", TIBTECH, (1992) vol. 10 pp. 152-158.
Blattner, Frederick R. et al. (1997) "The Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia Coli K-12", Science vol. 277 pp. 1453-1462.
Cohen, Seth P. et al. (1993) "A Multidrug Resistance Regulatory Chromosomal Locus Is Widespread amoung Enteric Bacteria", The Journal of Infectious Diseases vol. 168 pp. 484-488.
Cohen, Seth P. et al. (1993) "Genetic and Functional Analysis of the Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (mar) Locus in Escherichia Coli" Journal of Bacteriology vol. 175, No. 5 pp. 1484-1492.
Gambino, Laura et al. (1993) "Overexpression of the MarA Positive Regulator Is Sufficient To Confer Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia Coli" Journal of Bacteriology vol. 175 pp. 2888-2894.
Goldman, John D. et al. (1996) "Multiple Antiobiotic Resistance (mar) Locus Protects Escherichia Coli from Rapid Cell Killing by Fluoroquinolones" Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy vol. 40, No. 5 pp. 1266-1269.
Hoke, Glenn D. et al. (1991) "Effects of Phosphorothioate Capping on Antisense Oligonucleotide Stability, Hybridization and Antiviral Efficacy Versus Herpes Simplex Virus Infection", Nucleic Acids Research vol. 19, No. 20 pp. 5743-5748.
Metalev, Valeri et al. (1994) "Study of Antisense Oligonucleotide Phosphorothioates Containing Segments of Oligodeoxynucleotides and 2 O Methyloligoribonucleotides" Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters vol. 4 No. 14 pp., 2929-2934.
White, D.G., et al. (1997) "Inhibition of the Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (mar) Operon in Escherichia Coli by Antisense DNA Analogs" Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy vol. 41 pp. 2699-2704.
White, D.G., et al. (1997) "Inhibition of the Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (mar) Operon in Escherichia Coli by Antisense DNA Analogs" Abstracts of the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology Vo. 0 No. A-69 May 1997, Washington, D.C.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Oligonucleotides specific for the marORAB operon does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Oligonucleotides specific for the marORAB operon, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Oligonucleotides specific for the marORAB operon will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1962494

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.