Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
GAA
Associated Variants
GAA MUTATION
GAA MUTATION
Associated Disease
Friedreich ataxia
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
We propose a model of premature termination of FXN transcription induced by pathogenic expanded GAA repeats that links R-loop structures, antisense transcription, and heterochromatin formation as a novel mechanism of transcriptional repression in Friedreich's ataxia.
Pubmed
25831023
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
1
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
2
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0225296753826652
Drugs