Elucidating a normal function of huntingtin by functional and microarray analysis of huntingtin-null mouse embryonic fibroblasts

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The polyglutamine expansion in huntingtin (Htt) protein is a cause of Huntington's disease (HD). Htt is an essential gene as deletion of the mouse Htt gene homolog (<it>Hdh</it>) is embryonic lethal in mice. Therefor...

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Main Authors: Zeitlin Scott, Repa Joyce, Dragatsis Ioannis, Li Quan-Zhen, Das Sudipto, Zhang Hua, Hajnóczky György, Bezprozvanny Ilya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/9/38