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Targeting expression of expanded polyglutamine proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum or mitochondria prevents their aggregation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Jun 2004
Rousseau Erwann, Dehay Benjamin, Ben-Haïem Léa, Trottier Yvon, Morange Michel, Bertolotti Anne
Abstract excerpt
Aggregation of misfolded proteins is a characteristic of several neurodegenerative diseases. The huntingtin amino-terminal fragment with extended polyglutamine repeat forms aggregates closely associated with chaperones both in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Because each cellular compartment conta...
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