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Motoneuronal cell death is not correlated with aggregate formation of androgen receptors containing an elongated polyglutamine tract
1 Jan 2000
Abstract excerpt
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is associated with an abnormal expansion of the (CAG)(n)repeat in the androgen receptor (AR) gene. Similar mutations have been reported in other proteins that cause neurodegenerative disorders. The CAG-coded elongated polyglutamine (polyGln) tracts induce the formation of neuronal intracellular aggregates. We have produced a model to study the effects of potentially...
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