Reducing canonical Wingless/Wnt signaling pathway confers protection against mutant Huntingtin toxicity in Drosophila

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-247

  Dupont, Pascale ^a   Besson, Marie Thérèse ^a   Devaux, Jérôme ^a   Liévens, Jean Charles ^a  

^a University of Mediterranée   (France)

Author keywords

Bang sensitivity; Giant escape fibers; Huntington's disease; Neuron glia interaction

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; HUNTINGTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; DROSOPHILA; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PANGOLIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LOCOMOTION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 84861655279     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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