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Morpholino antisense oligomers: the case for an RNase H-independent structural type.

James Summerton
- 10 Dec 1999 - 
- Vol. 1489, Iss: 1, pp 141-158
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In cell-free and cultured-cell systems where one wishes to block the translation of a messenger RNA coding for a normal protein, RNase H-independent morpholino antisense oligos provide complete resistance to nucleases, generally good targeting predictability, generally high in-cell efficacy, excellent sequence specificity, and very preliminary results suggest they may exhibit little non-antisense activity.
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This article is published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.The article was published on 1999-12-10. It has received 689 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: RNase P & RNase H.

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Variant surface glycoprotein synthesis and cell cycle progression in Trypanosoma brucei

TL;DR: It was shown that blocking VSG synthesis reduced the rate of surface VSG internalisation in cells that were stalled precytokinesis, but had no effect on other endocytic markers, which indicates that the VSG RNAi-triggered growth inhibition was due to a lack of VSG protein or its synthesis rather than the ablation of the abundant VSG mRNA.
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Deep Intronic NF1 Mutations and Possible Therapeutic Interventions

TL;DR: In vitro results collected so far have demonstrated the considerable potential of this type of antisense therapy for deep intronic NF1-causing mutations, although further experimental studies will be required in order to safely translate these results into clinical trials and eventually to the clinic.
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9.18 Post-Synthetic Chemical Functionalization of Oligonucleotides

TL;DR: This chapter focuses on the major protocols developed in recent years for oligonucleotide postsynthetic modifications and provides detailed examples of each reaction category along with the relevant applications of the resulting oligon nucleotide conjugates.
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Determining the functions of gad1 and gad2 in embryonic zebrafish using splice blocking morpholinos

TL;DR: This paper aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, as to provide real-time information about the physical properties of E-modulus and the response of the immune system to E-coli.
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Cpg motifs in bacterial dna trigger direct b-cell activation

TL;DR: The potent immune activation by CpG oligon nucleotides has impli-cations for the design and interpretation of studies using 'antisense' oligonucleotides and points to possible new applications as adjuvants.
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The third helix of the Antennapedia homeodomain translocates through biological membranes

TL;DR: It is reported here that a polypeptide of 16 amino acids in length corresponding to the third helix of the homeodomain deleted of its N-terminal glutamate is still capable of translocating through the membrane, suggesting an energy-independent mechanism of translocation not involving classical endocytosis.
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Morpholino antisense oligomers: design, preparation, and properties.

TL;DR: An overview of the design, preparation, and properties of Morpholino oligos, a novel antisense structural type that solves the sequence specificity problem and provides high and predictable activity in cells.
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Intercellular trafficking and protein delivery by a herpesvirus structural protein.

Gillian Elliott, +1 more
- 24 Jan 1997 - 
TL;DR: It is shown that the HSV-1 structural protein VP22 has the remarkable property of intercellular transport, which is so efficient that following expression in a subpopulation the protein spreads to every cell in a monolayer, where it concentrates in the nucleus and binds chromatin.
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Evaluation of 2'-modified oligonucleotides containing 2'-deoxy gaps as antisense inhibitors of gene expression

TL;DR: The use of a previously described 17-mer phosphorothioate for structure-function analysis of 2'-sugar modifications and the results demonstrate the importance of target affinity in the action of antisense oligonucleotides and of RNase H as a mechanism by which these compounds exert their effects.
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