Evaluating the concordance of N-terminal and full length Huntington's disease modifiers and identifying potential therapeutic targets in Drosophila

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of nine polyglutamine diseases and it is caused by a CAG expansion in the HTT gene. HD is an autosomal, dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease affecting between 2 and 5 individuals per 100,000 worldwide and it is currently untreatable. HD spreads from the str...

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Main Author: Bleiberg, Benjamin Aaron
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16770