Patent ID: 7115372

Claim:
A method for identifying a potential small molecule inhibitor which inhibits an activity of a cellular RNA by inducing formation of a complex with the cellular RNA and with a cellular protein, wherein the potential small molecule inhibitor comprises a first moiety, a second moiety and a linker joining the first moiety and the second moiety, the method comprising: a) identifying a first moiety which binds to at least a portion of a selected cellular protein; b) identifying a second moiety which binds to at least a fragment of a target cellular RNA; and c) testing a small molecule comprising the first moiety and the second moiety and a linker joining the first and second moieties to determine whether the small molecule binds to at least a portion of a selected cellular protein and to at least a fragment of a target cellular RNA, wherein a small molecule comprising the first moiety and the second moiety and a linker joining the first and second moieties is a potential small molecule inhibitor.