Inventors:
James Burke - Chapel Hill NC, US
Warren Strittmatter - Durham NC, US
Yoshitaka Nagai - Osaka, JP
International Classification:
A61K038/16, A61K048/00, G01N033/53, C07H021/04, C12P021/02, C12N005/06, C07K014/47
US Classification:
514/012000, 514/044000, 435/007100, 435/069100, 435/320100, 435/325000, 530/324000, 536/023100
Abstract:
Compounds that selectively bind to expanded polyglutamine repeats are disclosed. Such compounds are characterized in that they bind to a first polyglutamine peptide consisting of 60 glutamine residues under conditions in which they do not bind to a second polyglutamine peptide consisting of 20 glutamine residues. Conjugates of such compounds, nucleic acids encoding the same, and methods of use thereof are also disclosed.