| abstract |
A synthetic antisense oligonucleotide comprising at least seven nucleotides or nucleotide analogues having a sequence complementary to the mRNA sequence of ribonucleotide reductase dimeric protein component R2 including SEQ ID Nos:1-102 is disclosed. A synthetic antisense oligonucleotide comprising at least seven nucleotides or nucleotide analogues having a sequence complementary to the mRNA sequence of ribonucleotide reductase dimeric protein component R1 including SEQ ID Nos:103-161 is also disclosed. The invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions including the synthetic antisense oligonucleotides of the present invention and methods of using the antisense oligonucleotides to modulation proliferative cells including neoplastic cells. |