Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy Approaches for Huntington's Disease

Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a dominant mutation that results in an unstable expansion of a CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene leading to a toxic gain of function in huntingtin protein which causes massive neurodegeneration mainly in the striatum and clinical symptoms associated with t...

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Main Authors: Tatyana Vagner, Deborah Young, Alexandre Mouravlev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Neurology Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/358370
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