antisense delivery by liposomes

[Pamela Norton]

In article <DMBC02.7vK at ncifcrf.gov>, pnh at kaylor.ncifcrf.gov (Paul N
Hengen) wrote:

> Iddo (idoerg at shum.cc.huji.ac.il) wrote:
> 
> : Hello all,
> : I'm in the preliminary stages of setting up an assay which requires the 
> : delivery of phosphorothioated antisense-DNA (PS-DNA) to a primary cell-
> ................................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> AAAAaaaaaaarrrgggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!
> 
> -Paul.

Paul and everyone,

   There is _NO_ way that the term "antisense DNA" will be eliminated, for
exactly the reason illustrated above. The use of antisense
oligodeoxynucleotides is extremely widespread, and the terminology makes
sense (pun accidental) in this context. This usage is also a major source
of the confusion that started the sense/antisense thread. I suggest that
the terms sense and antisense be restricted to single stranded nucleic
acids, with the mRNA serving as the definition of sense. 

   Comments?

      Pam Norton

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Pamela A. Norton, Ph.D.          Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA 19107           p_norton at lac.jci.tju.edu