2348 Lafora disease premature termination codons (PTCs) are likely candidates for suppression by aminoglycosides

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: A small molecule therapy is within reach to treat a molecular mechanism known to result in thousands of fatal diseases. For 10% of patients with a genetic disease, a nonsense/STOP mutation/premature termination codon (PTC) is the underlying cause of their malady. PTCs prema...

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Main Authors: Zoe R. Simmons, Amanda Sherwood, Selena Li, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Matthew Gentry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000900/type/journal_article