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Chromatin changes in the development and pathology of the Fragile X-associated disorders and Friedreich ataxia.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jul 2012
Kumari Daman, Lokanga Rachel, Yudkin Dmitry, Zhao Xiao-Nan, Usdin Karen
Abstract excerpt
The Fragile X-associated disorders (FXDs) and Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) are genetic conditions resulting from expansion of a trinucleotide repeat in a region of the affected gene that is transcribed but not translated. In the case of the FXDs, pathology results from expansion of CGG•CCG-repeat tract in the 5' UTR of the FMR1 gene, while pathology in FRDA results from expansion of a GAA•TTC-repeat in intron 1 of...
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