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Human frataxin maintains mitochondrial iron homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Human molecular genetics - 12 Oct 2000
Cavadini P, Gellera C, Patel P I, Isaya G
Abstract excerpt
Frataxin is a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein widely conserved among eukaryotes. Human frataxin (fxn) is severely reduced in Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), a frequent autosomal recessive neuro- and cardio-degenerative disease. Whereas the function of fxn is unknown, the yeast frataxin homolog (Y...
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