Design of a bioactive small molecule that targets r(AUUCU) repeats in spinocerebellar ataxia 10

Expanded RNA repeats in non-coding region of a gene represent a hallmark of several diseases. Here, the authors identify two small molecules that selectively bind AU repeats and use them to design a compound that targets the pathogenic RNA associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 10.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wang-Yong Yang, Rui Gao, Mark Southern, Partha S. Sarkar, Matthew D. Disney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11647