| Literature DB >> 10698681 |
R A Furlong1, Y Narain, J Rankin, A Wyttenbach, D C Rubinsztein.
Abstract
Protein aggregates are a neuropathological feature of Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. Mutant huntingtin exon 1 with 72 CAG repeats fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) forms hyperfluorescent inclusions in PC12 cells. Inclusion formation is enhanced in cells co-transfected with EGFP-huntingtin-(CAG)(72) and alpha-synuclein, a major component of Parkinson's disease aggregates. However, alpha-synuclein does not form aggregates by itself, nor does it appear in huntingtin inclusions in vitro.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10698681 PMCID: PMC1220887
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857