Triplet repeat RNA structure and its role as pathogenic agent and therapeutic target

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-26

  Krzyzosiak, Wlodzimierz J ^a   Sobczak, Krzysztof ^a   Wojciechowska, Marzena ^a   Fiszer, Agnieszka ^a   Mykowska, Agnieszka ^a   Kozlowski, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRIPLET REPEAT RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; EXON; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MUTANT; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84855259402     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr729     Document Type: Article

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