A novel function of Huntingtin in the cilium and retinal ciliopathy in Huntington's disease mice

Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the toxic expansion of polyglutamine in the Huntingtin (HTT) protein. The pathomechanism is complex and not fully understood. Increasing evidence indicates that the loss of normal protein function also contributes to the pathog...

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Main Authors: Alice Karam, Lars Tebbe, Chantal Weber, Nadia Messaddeq, Laurette Morlé, Pascal Kessler, Uwe Wolfrum, Yvon Trottier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996115001709