Autophagy regulates the processing of amino terminal huntingtin fragments

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3231-3244

  Qin, Zheng Hong ^a   Wang, Yumei ^a   Kegel, Kimberly B ^a   Kazantsev, Aleksey ^a   Apostol, Barbara L ^b   Thompson, Leslie Michels ^b   Yoder, Jennifer ^a   Aronin, Neil ^c   DiFiglia, Marian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; HUNTINGTIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; POLYGLUTAMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN REGION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE MUTATION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYSOSOME; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RODENT;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CATHEPSIN D; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0348013126     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg346     Document Type: Article

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