Inhibition of Tumor Growth by Ribozyme-Mediated Suppression of Aberrant Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Expression

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BACKGROUND: Amplification and rearrangement of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is frequently associated with malignant gliomas. One type of EGFR mutation in primary gliomas results in overexpression of an aberrant EGFR messenger RNA (mRNA) that lacks sequences of exons II through VI of the human EGFR gene. We observed that the aberrantly spliced EGFR mRNA contains a ribozyme cleavable sequence...

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