Effects of Friedreich's ataxia (GAA)n·(TTC)n repeats on RNA synthesis and stability

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1075-1084

  Krasilnikova, Maria M ^a,c   Kireeva, Maria L ^b   Petrovic, Vladimir ^a   Knijnikova, Nelli ^a   Kashlev, Mikhail ^b   Mirkin, Sergei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; FRATAXIN; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34047182059     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1140     Document Type: Article

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