Structural insights reveal the dynamics of the repeating r(CAG) transcript found in Huntington's disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Tawani, Arpita ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUNTINGTIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE; MBNL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIMULATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MUTANT PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 84940056625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131788     Document Type: Article

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