Friday, January 28, 2011

Detection of interruptions in the GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion in the FXN gene of Friedreich ataxia

BioTechniques, Vol. 50, No. 3, March 2011

Timothy P. Holloway*1,2, Simone M. Rowley*1, Martin B. Delatycki1,3, 4, and Joseph P. Sarsero1,2, 3
1Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
2Cell and Gene Therapy, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
3Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
4Department of Clinical Genetics, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

"simple and rapid PCR- and restriction enzyme–based assay", "Interruptions in the GAA repeat may serve to alleviate the inhibitory effects of the GAA expansion on FXN gene expression and to decrease pathogenicity"

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