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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Daniel Schümperli
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3170 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Meyer Kathrin K Marquis Julien J Trüb Judith J Nlend Nlend Rachel R Verp Sonia S Ruepp Marc-David MD Imboden Hans H Barde Isabelle I Trono Didier D Schümperli Daniel D
Human molecular genetics 20081113 3
In spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the leading genetic cause of early childhood death, the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1) is deleted or inactivated. The nearly identical SMN2 gene has a silent mutation that impairs the utilization of exon 7 and the production of functional protein. It has been hypothesized that therapies boosting SMN2 exon 7 inclusion might prevent or cure SMA. Exon 7 inclusion can be stimulated in cell culture by oligonucleotides or intracellularly expressed RNAs, but evide ...[more]