Artificial riboswitch for controlling pre-mRNA splicing

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The present invention relates to riboswitches that have been engineered to regulate pre-mRNA splicing. In particular, the insertion of a high affinity theophylline binding aptamer into the 3′ splice site region, 5′ splice site region, or branchpoint sequence (BPS) of a pre-mRNA modulates RNA splicing in the presence of theophylline. Accordingly, the aspects of the present invention include, but are not limited to, theophylline-dependent riboswitches which modulate RNA splicing, methods of modulating RNA splicing using theophylline and its corresponding riboswitches, methods of improving/identifying theophylline-dependent riboswitches, methods of treating diseases associated with or caused by abnormal RNA splicing.

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