Cells exposed to a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract show no sign of ion channel formation: results arguing against the ion channel hypothesis.

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Cells exposed to a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract show no sign of ion channel formation: results arguing against the ion channel hypothesis. / Nørremølle, Anne; Grunnet, Morten; Hasholt, Lis; Sørensen, Sven Asger.

In: Journal of Neuroscience Research, Vol. 71, No. 1, 2003, p. 132-7.

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Harvard

Nørremølle, A, Grunnet, M, Hasholt, L & Sørensen, SA 2003, 'Cells exposed to a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract show no sign of ion channel formation: results arguing against the ion channel hypothesis.', Journal of Neuroscience Research, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 132-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.10468

APA

Nørremølle, A., Grunnet, M., Hasholt, L., & Sørensen, S. A. (2003). Cells exposed to a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract show no sign of ion channel formation: results arguing against the ion channel hypothesis. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 71(1), 132-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.10468

Vancouver

Nørremølle A, Grunnet M, Hasholt L, Sørensen SA. Cells exposed to a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract show no sign of ion channel formation: results arguing against the ion channel hypothesis. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2003;71(1):132-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.10468

Author

Nørremølle, Anne ; Grunnet, Morten ; Hasholt, Lis ; Sørensen, Sven Asger. / Cells exposed to a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract show no sign of ion channel formation: results arguing against the ion channel hypothesis. In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2003 ; Vol. 71, No. 1. pp. 132-7.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Ion channels formed by expanded polyglutamine tracts have been proposed to play an important role in the pathological processes leading to neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease and other CAG repeat diseases. We tested the capacity of a huntingtin fragment containing an expanded polyglutamine tract to form ion channels in two cell types. Whole cell current from Xenopus oocytes was recorded using two-electrode voltage-clamp technique, and whole cell current from CHO-K1 cells was recorded by patch-clamp technique. The fragment with an expanded polyglutamine sequence induced no change in the currents recorded in any of the two expression systems, indicating no changes in ion channel activity. The results therefore argue against the proposed hypothesis of expanded polyglutamines forming ion channels.",
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