Essential sequence of the N-terminal cytoplasmic localization-related domain of huntingtin and its effect on huntingtin aggregates

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-350

  Yan, YaPing ^a   Peng, DanTao ^b   Tian, Jun ^a   Chi, JingWei ^c   Tan, JieQiong ^c   Yin, XinZhen ^a   Pu, JiaLi ^a   Xia, Kun ^c   Zhang, BaoRong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c National Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China   (China)

Author keywords

aggregates; cytoplasmic localization related domain; huntingtin; mitochondria; polyglutamine

Indexed keywords

HD PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; PATHOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 79955465240     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4151-4     Document Type: Article

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