Aggregation of N-terminal huntingtin is dependent on the length of its glutamine repeats

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 777-782

  Li, Shi Hua ^a   Li, Xiao Jiang ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; HUNTINGTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; KIDNEY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031945025     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.5.777     Document Type: Article

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