A stable G-quartet binds to a huntingtin protein fragment containing expanded polyglutamine tracks

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-345

  Yerkes, Sarah ^a,b   Vesenka, James ^c   Kmiec, Eric B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; G quartet; Guanosine rich oligonucleotides; Huntingtin

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CELL PROTEIN; DNA; G WIRE DNA; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE RICH OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE; GUANOSINE 20; HUNTINGTIN; HUNTINGTIN 1 171; HYBRID PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTAVIDIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74049137200     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22210     Document Type: Article

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