Origin and instability of GAA repeats: insights from Alu elements.
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..., 1995), which are potentially unstable, as demonstrated by the case of GAA repeats in the intron of the frataxin gene, causing the Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) and arising from a stretch of adenine residues in an Alu element (Chauhan et al., 2002)....
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...In addition, Alu repeats, which are frequently proximal to unstable tandem repeats (Economou et al., 1990; Mahadevan et al., 1992; Chauhan et al., 2002), are known to influence nucleosome positioning, an effect which may extend to neighboring sequences (Englander and Howard, 1995)....
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..., 1997), with the majority of GAA repeats, including the FRDA (GAA)n repeats, associated with the 3) end of the “A” stretch present in Alu repeats (Chauhan et al., 2002)....
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...The extent of GAA repeat polymorphism appears to be modulated by the length of the flanking Alu poly “A” stretch (Chauhan et al., 2002)....
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...…di-, tri- and tetranucleotide repeats are often located adjacent to Alu repeats (Economou et al., 1990; Yandava et al., 1997), with the majority of GAA repeats, including the FRDA (GAA)n repeats, associated with the 3) end of the “A” stretch present in Alu repeats (Chauhan et al., 2002)....
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...A similarly close connection between repeat loci can be observed between Alu repeats and a number of the unstable repetitive elements (Economou et al., 1990; Chauhan et al., 2002)....
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