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Selective roles of normal and mutant huntingtin in neural induction and early neurogenesis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Nguyen Giang D, Gokhan Solen, Molero Aldrin E, Mehler Mark F
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by abnormal polyglutamine expansion in the amino-terminal end of the huntingtin protein (Htt) and characterized by progressive striatal and cortical pathology. Previous reports have shown that Htt is essential for embryogenesis, and a recent study by our group revealed that the pathogenic form of Htt (mHtt) causes impairments in multiple stages of...
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