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

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8366-8377

  Kim, Eunah ^a,b   Napierala, Marek ^a,b   Dent, Sharon Y R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FXN GENE; GAA REPEAT; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GFP GENE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELL LINE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; METHYLATION; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 80455149647     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr542     Document Type: Article

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