Transgenic mouse model expressing the caspase 6 fragment of mutant huntingtin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-193

  Waldron Roby, Elaine ^a   Ratovitski, Tamara ^a   Wang, Xiaofang ^a   Jiang, Mali ^a   Watkin, Erin ^a   Arbez, Nikolas ^a   Graham, Rona K ^b   Hayden, Michael R ^b   Hou, Zhipeng ^a   Mori, Susumu ^a   Swing, Deborah ^c   Pletnikov, Mikhail ^a   Duan, Wenzhen ^a   Tessarollo, Lino ^c   Ross, Christopher A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASP6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE 6; HD PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CASPASE 6; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84855921378     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1305-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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