Huntingtin HTT1a is generated in a CAG repeat-length-dependent manner in human tissues

• Main Authors: Franziska Hoschek (Author), Julia Natan (Author), Maximilian Wagner (Author), Kirupa Sathasivam (Author), Alshaimaa Abdelmoez (Author), Björn von Einem (Author), Gillian P. Bates (Author), G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer (Author), Andreas Neueder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The disease-causing mutation in Huntington disease (HD) is a CAG trinucleotide expansion in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. The mutated CAG tract results in the production of a small RNA, HTT1a, coding for only exon 1 of HTT. HTT1a is generated by a block in the splicing reaction of H...