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• A positive modifier of spinal muscular atrophy in the SMN2 gene. Prior TW, Krainer AR, Hua Y, Swoboda KJ, Snyder PC, Bridgeman SJ, Burghes AH, Kissel JT. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 Sep;85(3):408-13. Epub 2009 Aug 27.
• Intron 7 conserved sequence elements regulate the splicing of the SMN genes. Gladman JT, Chandler DS.Hum Genet. 2009 Aug 23.
• Zebrafish survival motor neuron mutants exhibit presynaptic neuromuscular junction defects.Boon KL, Xiao S, McWhorter ML, Donn T, Wolf-Saxon E, Bohnsack MT, Moens CB, Beattie CE. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Oct 1;18(19):3615-25. Epub 2009 Jul 10.
• Spinal muscular atrophy: why do low levels of survival motor neuron protein make motor neurons sick? Burghes AH, Beattie CE. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2009 Aug;10(8):597-609.
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• Clues About Protein Promising for SMA
• Lentivector-mediated SMN replacement in a mouse model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• Pain Reliever May Help Treat Life-Threatening Childhood Disease
• The OSU to enroll SMA patients in a Natural History Study as part of Project Cure SMA
• 2002 OSU Research Update
• EIAV Viral Vectors in Gene Therapy of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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