Transglutaminase action imitates Huntington's disease: Selective polymerization of huntingtin containing expanded polyglutamine

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-601

  Kahlem, Pascal ^a   Green, Howard ^b   Djian, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTAMINE; HD PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYSTAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0032014092     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80059-3     Document Type: Article

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