Subcellular localization of the Huntington's disease gene product in cell lines by immunofluorescence and biochemical subcellular fractionation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1093-1099

  De Rooij, Karien E ^a   Dorsman, Josephine C ^a   Smoor, Magda A ^a   Den Dunnen, Johan T ^a,b   Van Ommen, Gert Jan B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Genetics Centre Leiden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0029816724     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.8.1093     Document Type: Article

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