Cellular inclusion bodies of mutant huntingtin exon 1 obscure small fibrillar aggregate species

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sahl, Steffen J ^a   Weiss, Lucien E ^a   Duim, Whitney C ^a   Frydman, Judith ^a   Moerner, W E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; HTT PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL INCLUSION; EXON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PC12 CELL; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDES; PHOTOBLEACHING; RATS;

EID: 84870839496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00895     Document Type: Article

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