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. 2017 Jan 26;8(2):51. doi: 10.3390/genes8020051
2′OMe 2′-O-methyl
2′MOE 2′-O-methoxyethyl
AAV Adeno-associated virus
AO Antisense oligonucleotide
BMD Becker muscular dystrophy
CFTR Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
CyPA Cyclophilin A
dKO Double knock out
DM1 Myotonic dystrophy type 1
DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy
DMPK Dystrophia myotonica protein kinase
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
ESE Exonic splicing enhancer
ESS Exonic splicing silencer
FDA Food and drug administration
GAA Acid α-glucosidase
GFP Green fluorescent protein
GRMD Golden retriever muscular dystrophy
HD Huntington’s disease
HDE Histone downstream element
hDMD Human DMD
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus type 1
hnRNPA1 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1
IM Intramuscular
ISE Intronic splicing enhancers
ISS Intronic splicing silencers
IV Intravenous
LNA Locked nucleic acid
LV Lentivirus
MBNL1 Muscleblind-like protein 1
MLV Murine leukemia viruses
PMO Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers
PNA Peptide nucleic acid
PPMO Peptide phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers
rAAV Recombinant Adeno-associated virus
RCL replication competent lentiviruses
RCR replication competent retroviruses
RNA Ribonucleic acid
RYR1 Type 1 ryanodine receptor
scAAV Self-complementary adeno-associated virus
SMA Spinal muscular atrophy
snRNA Small nuclear RNA
snRNP Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins
SR protein Serine/arginine-rich protein
UTR Untranslated transcribed region
VP Viral protein