Partial characterisation of murine huntingtin and apparent variations in the subcellular localisation of huntingtin in human, mouse and rat brain

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-487

  Wood, Jonathan D ^a   MacMillan, John C ^a,b   Harper, Peter S ^a   Lowenstein, Pedro R ^a   Jones, A Lesley ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0029947276     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.4.481     Document Type: Article

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