Article
Dominant phenotypes produced by the HD mutation in STHdh(Q111) striatal cells.
Human molecular genetics - 22 Nov 2000
Trettel F, Rigamonti D, Hilditch-Maguire P, Wheeler V C, Sharp A H, Persichetti F, Cattaneo E, MacDonald M E
Abstract excerpt
Lengthening a glutamine tract in huntingtin confers a dominant attribute that initiates degeneration of striatal neurons in Huntington's disease (HD). To identify pathways that are candidates for the mutant protein's abnormal function, we compared striatal cell lines established from wild-type and Hdh(Q111) knock-in embryos. Alternate versions of full-length huntingtin, distinguished by epitope accessibility,...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Nucleus
- Cells, Cultured
- Clone Cells
- Corpus Striatum
- Cytoplasm
- Endoplasmic Reticulum
- Genes, Dominant
- Golgi Apparatus
- Humans
- Huntingtin Protein
- Huntington Disease
- Iron
