Frataxin Antibody / FXN

Reduced expression of frataxin is the cause of Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), a lethal neurodegenerative disease. The reduction in frataxin gene expression may be attributable from either the silencing of transcription of the frataxin gene because of epigenetic modifications in the chromosomal entity or from the inability of splicing the expanded GAA repeats in the first intron of the pre-mRNA as seen in bacteria and human cells or both. The expansion of intronic trinucleotide repeat GAA results in Friedreich's ataxia. [Wiki]