機能的なヒトの抑制性tRNA遺伝子の構築:β-タラゼミアの遺伝子治療へのアプローチ

Nature
|April 8, 1982
PubMed
まとめ

研究者は,アンバーのナンセンス変異を抑制するために,ヒトのライシン転送RNA (tRNA) 遺伝子を設計しました. この改変されたtRNAは,βOタラセミアmRNAの特定の突然変異を成功裏に修正し,突然変異検出と遺伝子治療の可能性を秘めています.

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