| Literature DB >> 20679391 |
Arthur H M Burghes1, Vicki L McGovern.
Abstract
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) can be used to alter the splicing of a gene and either restore production of a required protein or eliminate a toxic product. In this issue of Genes & Development, Hua and colleagues (pp. 1634-1644) show that ASOs directed against an intron splice silencer (ISS) in the survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene alter the amount of full-length SMN transcript in the nervous system, restoring SMN to levels that could correct spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20679391 PMCID: PMC2912553 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1961710
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genes Dev ISSN: 0890-9369 Impact factor: 11.361