Targeting N-Terminal Huntingtin with a Dual-sgRNA Strategy by CRISPR/Cas9

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant progressive neurodegenerative disorder, caused by a CAG/polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat expansion in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene. The polyQ tract is located in and transcribed from N-terminal HTT of exon 1. HTT is a large multifaceted protein, which part...

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Main Authors: Junjiao Wu, Yu Tang, Chun-Li Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1039623