Huntingtin's critical cleavage

被引:9
作者
Fryer, John D. [1 ]
Zoghbi, Huda Y.
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[1] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Neurosci, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Mol & Human Genet, Program Dev Biol, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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10.1038/nn0906-1088
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
The early pathogenic events leading to neurodegeneration in Huntington disease are not clear. A recent paper shows that mutating a caspase-6 cleavage site in the huntingtin protein is sufficient to prevent pathogenesis.
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