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Lykke Pedersen1, Peter H Hagedorn2, Troels Koch2
1Therapeutic Modalities, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Copenhagen, Hørsholm, Denmark. lykke.pedersen@roche.com.
Abstract:
Antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) that promote degradation of complementary RNA are being developed as therapeutics. Here, we describe a simple computational workflow for identification of the regions on an RNA that are suitable for targeting with such AONs. The workflow is based on the statistical programming language R, and the calculations and data processing can be carried out on a desktop computer. Our workflow integrates well-established data resources and RNA structure-prediction tools and can be modified easily and expanded as new resources become available.
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