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. 2012 Aug 13;20(1):1–11. doi: 10.2165/00063030-200620010-00001

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Major mechanisms of action of antisense oligonucleotides (ASO). (a) Activation of endonuclease RNAse H, leading to messenger (m)RNA degradation. (b) Inhibition of the ribosomal complex formation via steric blocking. (c) Inhibition of mRNA splicing.