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A molecular investigation of true dominance in Huntington's disease.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 1999
Narain Y, Wyttenbach A, Rankin J, Furlong R A, Rubinsztein D C
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is thought to show true dominance, since subjects with two mutant alleles have been reported to have similar ages at onset of disease compared to heterozygous sibs. We have investigated this phenomenon using a cell culture model. Protein aggregate formation was used as an indicator for pathology, as intraneuronal huntingtin inclusions are associated with pathology in vitro and in vivo....
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