Repeat-induced epigenetic changes in intron 1 of the frataxin gene and its consequences in Friedreich ataxia

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3383-3390

  Greene, Eriko ^a,b   Mahishi, Lata ^a   Entezam, Ali ^a   Kumari, Daman ^a   Usdin, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; FRATAXIN; GUANINE; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HISTONE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; E BOX ELEMENT; EPIGENETICS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; E-BOX ELEMENTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTRONS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34250830900     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm271     Document Type: Article

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