Hyperexpansion of GAA repeats affects post-initiation steps of FXN transcription in Friedreich’s ataxia

Nucl. Acids Res. (2011) doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr542 First published online: July 10, 2011

Eunah Kim1,2, Marek Napierala1,2,* and Sharon Y. R. Dent1,2,*
1The Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Science Park, Smithville, Texas 78957 and 2The Genes and Development Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Center for Cancer Epigenetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA

Keywords: Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA), biallelic expansion of GAA repeats, frataxin (FXN) gene, chromatin modifications, chromatin immunoprecipitation, quantitative PCR, histone modifications, block of transition from initiation to a productive elongation.


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