Perspectives on current models of Friedreich’s ataxia

Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA, OMIM#229300) is the most common hereditary ataxia, resulting from the reduction of frataxin protein levels due to the expansion of GAA repeats in the first intron of the FXN gene. Why the triplet repeat expansion causes a decrease in Frataxin protein levels is not entirely...

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Main Authors: Simge Kelekçi, Abdullah Burak Yıldız, Kenan Sevinç, Deniz Uğurlu Çimen, Tamer Önder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.958398/full