The roles of SbcCD and RNaseE in the transcription of GAA·TTC repeats in Escherichia coli

DNA Repair, article in press.

Xuefeng Pan^{a, b, ,} , Yunfeng Ding^{a, 1} and Lingfeng Shi^{a, 1}

^aSchool of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

^bInstitute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland, UK

Received 17 February 2009;

revised 24 July 2009;

accepted 9 August 2009.

Available online 4 September 2009.

Keyword: Frataxin, GAA·TTC repeats , FXN gene, Frederich's ataxia, α-Complementation SbcCD; RNaseE .