Aberrant splicing of HTT generates the pathogenic exon 1 protein in Huntington disease

Huntington disease (HD) is a devastating, late-onset, inherited neurodegenerative disorder that manifests with personality changes, movement disorders, and cognitive decline. It is caused by a CAG repeat expansion in exon 1 of the HTT gene that translates to a polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin p...

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Main Authors: Sathasivam, Kirupa (Author), Neueder, Andreas (Author), Landles, Christian (Author), Benjamin, Agnesska C. (Author), Bondulich, Marie K. (Author), Amith, Donna L. (Author), Faull, Richard L. M. (Author), Roos, Raymund A. C. (Author), Howland, David (Author), Detloff, Peter J. (Author), Bates, Gillian P. (Author), Housman, David E (Author), Wasylenko, Theresa Anne (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor), Gipson, Theresa Anne (Contributor), Housman, David E. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2013-08-08T18:48:24Z.
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