Experimental and computational analysis of polyglutamine-mediated cytotoxicity.

Expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) proteins are known to be the causative agents of a number of human neurodegenerative diseases but the molecular basis of their cytoxicity is still poorly understood. PolyQ tracts may impede the activity of the proteasome, and evidence from single cell imaging suggests...

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Main Authors: Matthew Y Tang, Carole J Proctor, John Woulfe, Douglas A Gray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2944785?pdf=render