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The capacity of DNA to bind RNA via Watson-Crick base-pairing is fundamental to antisense oligonucleotide strategies to inhibit gene expression, and is a property that has been exploited by bioengineers in the generation of catalytic molecules such as ribozymes, ribozyme subtypes, and more recently DNAzymes. This review describes the evolution of these gene-specific agents and summarizes recent efforts to inhibit smooth muscle cell growth with these molecules as candidate therapeutic tools in restenosis.
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Santiago, F.S., Khachigian, L.M. Nucleic acid based strategies as potential therapeutic tools: mechanistic considerations and implications to restenosis. J Mol Med 79, 695–706 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001090100272
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001090100272