The predominantly HEAT-like motif structure of huntingtin and its association and coincident nuclear entry with dorsal, an NF-kB/Rel/dorsal family transcription factor

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Takano, Hiroki ^a   Gusella, James F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; HUNTINGTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NUCLEOPORIN; PROTEIN P105; PROTEIN P50; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DORSAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INSECT CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 0141742228     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-3-15     Document Type: Article

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