Local protein unfolding and pathogenesis of polyglutamine-expansion diseases

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-73

  Chen, Yu Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ataxin; CAG trinucleotide repeat; Huntingtin; Huntington's disease; Neurodegeneration; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; HUNTINGTIN; POLYGLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYDROPHOBICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0037375786     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10325     Document Type: Article

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