Long range regulation of human FXN gene expression.

BACKGROUND: Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is the most common form of hereditary ataxia characterized by the presence of a GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion within the first intron of the FXN gene. The expansion inhibits FXN gene expression resulting in an insufficiency of frataxin protein. METHODOLOGY/P...

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Main Authors: Novita Puspasari, Simone M Rowley, Lavinia Gordon, Paul J Lockhart, Panos A Ioannou, Martin B Delatycki, Joseph P Sarsero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3132285?pdf=render