Targeting the 5' untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy

Nucleic acid therapeutics allow sequence-based targeting of disease genes, such as the genes involved in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) pathogenesis. SMA is a neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1). All patients have at least one copy of a paralog, SMN...

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Main Author: Winkelsas, AM
Other Authors: Fischbeck, K
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2020
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