Is Huntington's a glutamine storage disease?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-304

  Brusilow, William S A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain glutamine storage; Brain glutamine glutamate cycle; Huntington's disease; Polyglutamine proteins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BRAIN PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN; POLYGLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STORAGE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; EVOLUTION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 33745875959     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858406289639     Document Type: Article

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