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Journal Articles FEBS Letters Year : 2002

Frataxin knockin mouse

Carlos J. Miranda
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Manuela M. Santos
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Keiichi Ohshima
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Julie Smith
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Liangtao Li
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Michaeline Bunting
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Mireille Cossée
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Jorge Sequeiros
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Jerry Kaplan
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Massimo Pandolfo
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Abstract

Friedreich ataxia is the consequence of frataxin deficiency, most often caused by a GAA repeat expansion in intron 1 of the corresponding gene. Frataxin is a mitochondrial protein involved in iron homeostasis. As an attempt to generate a mouse model of the disease, we introduced a (GAA)(230) repeat within the mouse frataxin gene by homologous recombination. GAA repeat knockin mice were crossed with frataxin knockout mice to obtain double heterozygous mice expressing 25-36% of wild-type frataxin levels. These mice were viable and did not develop anomalies of motor coordination, iron metabolism or response to iron loading. Repeats were meiotically and mitotically stable.

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hal-04146344 , version 1 (29-06-2023)

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Carlos J. Miranda, Manuela M. Santos, Keiichi Ohshima, Julie Smith, Liangtao Li, et al.. Frataxin knockin mouse. FEBS Letters, 2002, 512 (1-3), pp.291-297. ⟨10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02251-2⟩. ⟨hal-04146344⟩
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