Saturday, January 7, 2012

Chromatin changes in the development and pathology of the Fragile X-associated Disorders and Friedreich ataxia

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms
In Press, Accepted Manuscript, doi:10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.12.009

Daman Kumari, Rachel Lokanga, Dmitry Yudkin, Xiao-Nan Zhao, Karen Usdin
Section on Gene Structure and Disease, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

Keywords: The fragile X-associated disorders (FXDs), Friedeich ataxia (FRDA), expansion of a trinucleotide repeat, transcribed but not translated, FXN transcript.

Conference about the research project on Friedreich Ataxia given by Dr. Jacques P.Tremblay

"Development of a potential therapy for Friedreich ataxia"
This research project is directed by Dr. Jacques P. Tremblay, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine of Laval University in Quebec and main investigator at the Research Centre of Quebec City (CHUL).