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Novel BAC Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease with 225 CAG Repeats Exhibits an Early Widespread and Stable Degenerative Phenotype.
Journal of Huntington's disease - 1 Jan 2015
Wegrzynowicz Michal, Bichell Terry Jo, Soares Barbara D, Loth Meredith K, McGlothan Jennifer S, Mori Susumu, Alikhan Fatima S, Hua Kegang, Coughlin Jennifer M, Holt Hunter K, Jetter Christopher S, Pomper Martin G, Osmand Alexander P, Guilarte Tomás R, Bowman Aaron B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Unusually large CAG repeat expansions (>60) in exon one of Huntingtin (HTT) are invariably associated with a juvenile-onset form of Huntington's disease (HD), characterized by a more extensive and rapidly progressing neuropathology than the more prevalent adult-onset form. However, existing mouse models of HD that express the full-length Htt gene with CAG repeat lengths associated with juvenile HD...
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