Formic acid dissolves aggregates of an N-terminal huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract: Applying to quantification of protein components of the aggregates

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 386-393

  Hazeki, Noriko ^a,b   Tukamoto, Tadashi ^a,b   Goto, Jun ^a,b   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Formic acid; Huntington's disease; Proteasome

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; HUNTINGTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEASOME;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034703634     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3682     Document Type: Article

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