Takara Bio Discovers Seven New RNA Interference Enzymes.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 18, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Takara Bio announced on August 17 that it has discovered seven new RNA interference enzymes by screening various bacteria. The newly-discovered enzymes can identify and cleave cleat, cleave claw of any cloven-footed animal. specific sequences of single-strand RNAs. In addition, the company has confirmed the effect of MazF, a kind of RNA interference enzyme, on an HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. infection. Specifically, MazF can induce the death of cells into which the Tat genes are introduced. Takara Bio envisages the three following applications for RNA interference enzymes: HIV gene therapy, the Single Protein Production system that enables targeted proteins to be produced, and reagents for RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic engineering. Details of theses findings will be presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan to be held from December 7 to 10. Source: JCN http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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