Proteasome degrades soluble expanded polyglutamine completely and efficiently
To date, nine progressive neurodegenerative diseases are caused by expansion of the CAG repeat coding for polyglutamine, including Huntington's disease and several forms of spinocerebellar ataxia. Expanded polyglutamine causes dominant toxic gain-of-function related to its ability to aggregate....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2004-06-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996104000191 |