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Fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus in neurodegenerative diseases and cell death.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jul 2006
Gonatas Nicholas K, Stieber Anna, Gonatas Jacqueline O
Abstract excerpt
Fragmentation of the neuronal Golgi apparatus (GA) was reported in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), corticobasal degeneration, Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and in spinocerebelar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). In transgenic mice expressing the G93A mutant of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) of familial ALS (fALS), fragmentation of the GA of spinal cord motor neurons and aggregation of mutant protein were...
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