Specific caspase interactions and amplification are involved in selective neuronal vulnerability in Huntington's disease.

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Published in Cell Death Differ on April 01, 2004

Authors

E Hermel1, J Gafni, S S Propp, B R Leavitt, C L Wellington, J E Young, A S Hackam, A V Logvinova, A L Peel, S F Chen, V Hook, R Singaraja, S Krajewski, P C Goldsmith, H M Ellerby, M R Hayden, D E Bredesen, L M Ellerby

Author Affiliations

1: The Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA, USA.

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