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TBP, a polyglutamine tract containing protein, accumulates in Alzheimer's disease.
Brain research. Molecular brain research - 18 Jun 2004
Reid Suzanne J, van Roon-Mom Willeke M C, Wood Phil C, Rees Mark I, Owen Michael J, Faull Richard L M, Dragunow Mike, Snell Russell G
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterised by extra cellular beta-amyloid (betaA) deposition, Tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and progressive cortical atrophy. Abnormal protein accumulation is also a common feature of other late onset neurodegenerative diseases, including the heritable polyglutamine (polyQ) disorders such as Huntington disease (HD) and the spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). One of this...
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