α Pix enhances mutant huntingtin aggregation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Eriguchi, Makoto ^a   Mizuta, Haruo ^a   Luo, Shouqing ^b   Kuroda, Yasuo ^a   Hara, Hideo ^a   Rubinsztein, David C ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pix; Aggregation; Huntingtin; Neurodegenerative disease; Polyglutamine

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN ALPHA PIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROFILAMENTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 74849105740     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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