Suppression of aggregate formation and apoptosis by transglutaminase inhibitors in cells expressing truncated DRPLA protein with an expanded polyglutamine stretch

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Igarashi, Shuichi ^a   Koide, Reiji ^a   Shimohata, Takayoshi ^a   Yamada, Mitsunori ^a   Hayashi, Yasuko ^a   Takano, Hiroki ^a   Date, Hidetoshi ^a   Oyake, Mutsuo ^a   Sato, Toshiya ^a   Sato, Aki ^a   Egawa, Shigekimi ^a   Ikeuchi, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Hajime ^a   Nakano, Ryoichi ^a   Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Hozumi, Isao ^a   Inuzuka, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DENTATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADAVERINE; COS CELLS; CYSTAMINE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PUTRESCINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 17344362229     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0298-111     Document Type: Article

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