Differential distribution of the normal and mutated forms of huntingtin in the human brain

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 712-719

  Gourfinkel An, Isabelle ^a   Cancel, Géraldine ^a   Trottier, Yvon ^b   Devys, Didier ^b   Tora, Laszlo ^b   Lutz, Yves ^b   Imbert, Georges ^b   Saudou, Frédéric ^b   Stevanin, Giovanni ^a   Agid, Yves ^a   Brice, Alexis ^a   Mandel, Jean Louis ^b   Hirsch, Etienne C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 15144351709     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420507     Document Type: Article

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