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Formation of Hirano bodies induced by expression of an actin cross-linking protein with a gain-of-function mutation.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Aug 2003
Maselli Andrew, Furukawa Ruth, Thomson Susanne A M, Davis Richard C, Fechheimer Marcus
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Hirano bodies are paracrystalline actin filament-containing structures reported to be associated with a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. However, the biological function of Hirano bodies remains poorly understood, since nearly all prior studies of these structures were done with postmortem...
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