Aged monkey brains reveal the role of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2N in the synaptosomal accumulation of mutant huntingtin

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1350-1362

  Yin, Peng ^a   Tu, Zhuchi ^a   Yin, An ^a   Zhao, Ting ^b   Yan, Sen ^a,b   Guo, Xiangyu ^a   Chang, Renbao ^a   Zhang, Lianhe ^a   Hong, Yan ^b   Huang, Xiahe ^a   Zhou, Junxia ^a   Wang, Yingchun ^a   Li, Shihua ^b   Li, Xiao Jiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTINGTIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME UBE2N; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEASOME; UBC13 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VITRO STUDY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPTOSOME; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEOMICS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEOMICS; SYNAPTOSOMES; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

EID: 84924503099     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu544     Document Type: Article

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