Nucleic acid sequences and methods for identifying compounds that affect RNA/RNA binding protein interactions and mRNA functionality

摘要

Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences and their optimized subfragments which are located in the mRNA untranslated regions of therapeutically-relevant genes. These sequences specifically bind RNA binding proteins (RBPs) and/or regulate the mRNA functionality. Also disclosed are methods of optimizing a subfragment of a parent nucleic acid sequence such that the RBP binding activity or mRNA functionality of the parent nucleic acid sequence is preserved in the optimized subfragment.