Proteolysis of mutant huntingtin produces an exon 1 fragment that accumulates as an aggregated protein in neuronal nuclei in Huntington disease.

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Published in J Biol Chem on January 19, 2010

Authors

Christian Landles1, Kirupa Sathasivam, Andreas Weiss, Ben Woodman, Hilary Moffitt, Steve Finkbeiner, Banghua Sun, Juliette Gafni, Lisa M Ellerby, Yvon Trottier, William G Richards, Alex Osmand, Paolo Paganetti, Gillian P Bates

Author Affiliations

1: Department Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom.

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