It's called exon skipping and basically patches over gene mutations that cause the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference

Perhaps the exon is a protogene — one that's effectively dormant until it's switched on by some external factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

The researchers used a novel technique called exon skipping to restore partial function to the gene involved in Duchenne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference

In between each exon is extra DNA called introns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genetics and Alagille Syndrome] Reference

I found no reference to insertion of the mutant exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

Exodus exon expatriation expatriation expense account.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entry Index: existentialism to Ganges River] Reference

In contrast, the mature mRNA only consists of exon sequences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genes in pieces] Reference

An active exon-shuffling mechanism would fall into that category.    From Wordnik.com.  [Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus] Reference

Thus, exon mutations are less likely to be passed on to future generations.    From Wordnik.com.  [We are as worms - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Sigma. taking a chance that the cDNA sequence had derived from a single exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kary B. Mullis - Nobel Lecture] Reference

There are a few important bases right at the junctions between intron and exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [We are as worms - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Perhaps Haluk scientists have already noticed this rogue exon and researched it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

I fink dey likely to exon … ecksona … totally find dis kitteh nawt guilty ….    From Wordnik.com.  [is dis yur card? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Active mechanisms for exon shuffling, transfer of complete modular coding units etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [A critique on the endosymbiotic theory for the origin of mitochondria] Reference

RNA is a linear copy of the template DNA and contains both exon and intron sequences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genes in pieces] Reference

Novel “exon-skipping” anti-sense therapies are about to be trialed for Muscular Dystrophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [That's another fine mess you've made Jonathan! - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Sometimes it's in the first "chapter," or exon, but sometimes it might be at the end of the gene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genetics and Alagille Syndrome] Reference

Mutations in an exon are more likely to be deleterious because they frequently alter the protein.    From Wordnik.com.  [We are as worms - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

"Emily was forced to include the exon — for a very odd reason that I'm going to tell you about.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

It is not that the first exon concatenation had an evolutionary advantage as used by neodarwinists.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Design Framework for Evolution] Reference

Like a proofreader searching for a typo in a book, the lab must read each exon to see if it contains a mutation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Genetics and Alagille Syndrome] Reference

Later, when the demiclone project was established, she was forced to describe the mutant exon in the marker group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittarius Whorl]

The identified mutations in exon 10 and in exon 16 are boxed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

If a retrotransposon inserts into a site near an ancient multi-exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The exon and intron coordinates were used as indicated in the annotation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Pim1 locus on chromosome 17, and the vertical green bar is exon 20 from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Ugt5c family, Ugt 5d1, 5e1, and 5f1 each have its own 5′ nonconding exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

We also found a novel deletion that removes all but the first exon of the gene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Figure 2: Recognition of sequences around the intron-exon borders by splicing factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

NPAS2 rs12712083, as well as a non-synonymous coding SNP located on exon 5 rs2063690 of.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The exons 1 and 2 of the Ugt2b genes correspond to one variable exon of the Ugt1 cluster.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Ugt2 clusters has been mapped to the immediate upstream of the corresponding variable exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Research shows exon-skipping drug may prove effective for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Each variable exon encodes a signal peptide and the amino-terminal aglycone-recognition domain.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Ugt2a5 and Ugt2a6 genes are organized into six exons and that they do not share any constant exon.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The first exon of these euteleost Ugt1b genes appears to be a little longer than the corresponding.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference