Repeat-mediated genetic and epigenetic changes at the FMR1 locus in the Fragile X-related disorders.

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Published in Front Genet on July 17, 2014

Authors

Karen Usdin1, Bruce E Hayward1, Daman Kumari1, Rachel A Lokanga1, Nicholas Sciascia1, Xiao-Nan Zhao1

Author Affiliations

1: Section on Gene Structure and Disease, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Nicotinamide in Friedreich's Ataxia | NCT01589809

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