Frataxin: its role in iron metabolism and the pathogenesis of Friedreich's ataxia.

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Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a severe neurodegenerative condition with an incidence of 1:50000 in the European population. In 97% of patients this disease is due to an intronic GAA triplet repeat expansion in the FRDA gene resulting in a marked decrease in its expression. The protein encoded by this gene is known as frataxin which is found within the mitochondrion. Upon deletion of the homologous gene (YFH1) in...

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