Ribozymer for anvendelse som midler for behandling av planter, fremgangsmÕte for fremstilling derav, og preparater omfattende slike ribozymer

摘要

Synthetic RNA molecules having highly specific endoribonuclease activity (hereinafter referred to as "ribozymes") are described. The ribozymes comprise a hybridizing region which is complementary in nucleotide sequence to at least part of a target RNA, and a catalytic region which is adapted to cleave the target RNA. Methods for inactivating RNA, and compositions containing ribozymes are also described.