Comparative toxicity of polyglutamine, polyalanine and polyleucine tracts in Drosophila models of expanded repeat disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 536-547

  van Eyk, Clare L ^a   McLeod, Catherine J ^a   O'Keefe, Louise V ^a   Richards, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; POLYALANINE; POLYGLUTAMINE; POLYLEUCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; EYE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84856097529     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr487     Document Type: Article

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