Transgenic models of Huntington's disease

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1386, 1999, Pages 963-969

  Sathasivam, Kirupa ^a   Hobbs, Carl ^a   Mangiarini, Laura ^a   Mahal, Amarbirpal ^a   Turmaine, Mark ^b   Doherty, Pat ^a   Davies, Stephen W ^b   Bates, Gillian P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Huntington's disease; Neurodegeneration; Polyglutamine repeat; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODEL; EXON; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NERVE CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0007966017     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0447     Document Type: Article

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