Nuclear localization of N-terminal mutant huntingtin is cell cycle dependent

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 355-359

  Martín Aparicio, Ester ^a   Avila, Jesús ^a   Lucas, José J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cycle arrest; Glia; Huntington's disease; Neuron; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; HUNTINGTIN; LACTACYSTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MUTANT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOPLASM; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MUTATION; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0036974461     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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