Monday, August 19, 2013

A GAA repeat expansion reporter model of Friedreich's ataxia recapitulates the genomic context and allows rapid screening of therapeutic compounds

A GAA repeat expansion reporter model of Friedreich's ataxia recapitulates the genomic context and allows rapid screening of therapeutic compounds. Michele M.P. Lufino, Ana M. Silva2, Andrea H. NĂ©meth, Javier Alegre-Abarrategui, Angela J. Russell and Richard Wade-Martins. Hum. Mol. Genet. (2013), doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt370

keywords: Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), frataxin gene (FXN), cell models, GAA-expanded FXN genomic DNA reporter model, BAC vectors, luciferase.